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PASTOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT YORKTOWN, NEW YORK 

With some of the Records of the Church and a List of his 

Marriages, 1784-1825, together with Notes on the 

Nelson, Van Cortlandt, Warren, and some 

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EDITED BY JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH, LL.B. 

printed for f&ribate Circulation 

BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA 
1903 



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Copyright, 1903 

BY 

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preface 



€^|4^^jE read that "conscience doth make cowards of us all," 
III but sometimes it makes other things of us as well ; 
^Ir^F^r ^ads us on to efforts that perhaps we would never 
have made, had it not been for the uneasy stimulus of remorse which 
incited us to work out our repentance with a visible act of atonement. 
>-* Years ago there came into my custody the private papers of an old / 
family. These papers for four generations, perhaps for more, had ' 
been carefully preserved and handed down from father to son. They 
were old and musty, and I had not learned to appreciate the value of 
records of all kinds in genealogical research, and so had them burned 
to save the care of keeping them, not realizing that, by so doing, I 
had destroyed links in the chain connecting the past with the present 
that no amount of thought or search could replace. The burned papers 
I could never restore, but when this old Journal accidentally came into 
my hands, it afforded me an opportunity to make some amends for my 
rash deed. 

The Journal, so carefully kept for twenty years, is a mine of 
names and dates, and a record for a part of New York which is deficient 
in public records of marriages and deaths. To transcribe the crabbed 
handwriting, and place in historical libraries the valuable facts that 
the Journal and its accompanying records contain, has been my 
pleasant task. To the simple diary has been added notes on many of 
the families of whom Mr. Constant wrote, though the half of those he 
mentioned have not had this additional attention, because of the 
natural limitation of a book of this character, however unlimited the 
items which could be connected with it. 



preface 

Genealogy is not usually an unselfish study. Many investigators, 
at cost of time and money, delve into records, public and private, 
rummage in libraries, and decipher tombstone legends, and yet preserve 
from the tangled web but the one thread that belongs to their kin, 
leaving valuable information which pertained to neighbors and friends 
and which ran along with their own family history, to be secured anew 
at a like expense, or to be lost, possibly forever. Sensible of this, I 
have tried to preserve and make generally accessible to the descendants 
of many of the families of Mr. Constant's parish, information relating 
to their ancestors or connections, which could not have been obtained 
from the old book itself. 

In the prosecution of this work I have become indebted to many 
persons, among whom I desire to mention the Rev. William J. dim- 
ming, now the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, who 
contributed the sketch of Mr. Constant; Mrs. John Rutherford 
Mathews, of Van Cortlandt Manor, who furnished the notes on the Van 
Cortlandt family; and Franklin Couch, Esq., of Peekskill, the learned 
antiquarian of that locality. 

Mr. Constant's diary is a curious study. He chronicled so many 
unimportant, petty details of his daily life, and yet made no mention of 
the historic fact of the first inauguration of President Washington, 
although he was in New York City preaching at that date. It is a 
simple record of twenty years of patient toil in the service of the 
Master, and has a pathetic interest, quite apart from its value genea- 
logically. The weary miles he rode in snow and heat, over wretched 
roads, sometimes so ill he could scarcely sit on his horse, and his gentle 
summing up of his own shortcomings, at the beginning of each year, 
bring his goodness and unselfishness so vividly before us, that it would 
be difficult to read the Journal through without adding after the name. 
Reverend Silas Constant, the title, "A soldier of Christ." 

E. W. R. 

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Preface v 

Sketch of the Reverend Silas Constant xi 

Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant i 

Bppen&ix 

A List of Marriages performed by the Reverend Silas Constant 369 

Record of Names of Children Baptized in the Church at Yorktown by the 

Reverend Silas Constant 386 

Record of Church Meetings, etc., held at Hanover, afterwards called 

Yorktown 390 

Names of the Members of the Church in Hanover, November 15, 1786, and 

the Names of those who joined after that Time 406 

Notes on the Nelson Family 410 

Notes on the Van Cortlandt Family 424 

Notes on the Warren Family : 

Genealogy of the Family 434 

General Order issued by the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, 

announcing the Death of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren. . 449 
Sketch of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren published in the 

Proceedings of the Association of the United States Military Academy 453 
General Order of the United States Army, announcing the Findings, etc., 
of the Court of Inquiry instituted on the Application of Major-General 
Gouverneur Kemble Warren as to his Conduct in connection with the 

Battle of Five Forks 462 

An Account of the Operations of the Fifth Army Corps, Commanded by 
Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, at the Battle of Five 
Forks, April 1, 1865, and the Battles and Movements Preliminary to it. . 483 

Index 523 

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PAGE 

View of the Highlands, with Cold Spring-on-Hudson (from an old en- 
graving) Frontispiece 

Fac-Simile of Two Pages of Mr. Constant's Journal vi 

St. Peter's Church, Peekskill 62 

Views of John Lickley's House in Putnam Valley 88 

Tombstones of John and Martha Lickley 90 

Old Clock belonging to John Lickley 112 

Homestead of Captain John Warren 124 

Tombstones of John and Elizabeth Barrett 144 - 

Interior View of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill 178 

Portrait of Colonel Samuel Jefferds 250 

Portrait of General Pierre Van Cortlandt as a Child (1721-1814) 328 

Map of Lot No. 2, Philipse Patent (now Cold Spring-on-Hudson), made 

by Daniel Lambert, 1769, giving Names of Early Residents thereon.. 414 
Landscape View of the Highlands, between Garrison's and Cold Spring, 

with the Homestead of Captain John Warren in the Foreground 420 

Fac-Simile of Patent of Van Cortlandt Manor 426 

Portraits of General Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814), known as 

" Governor," and his Wife, Joanna Livingston 428 

Portrait of Brigadier-General Philip Van Cortlandt (1749-1831) 430 

Portrait of Major-General Pierre Van Cortlandt (1762-1848) 432 

Portrait of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren 434 ' 

Chart showing the Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Warren 436 ^ 

Fac-Simile of an Old Manuscript Record of Captain John Warren's 

Family 438 ^ 

Portraits of Samuel Warren and Henry Warren 44° 

Portrait of Honorable Cornelius Warren 442 

Silhouette of Sylvanus Warren, EsqR., at the Age of Thirty 444 

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Portraits of Eliza Warren Hook and Samuel John Warren 446 

Portraits of Major Edgar Washburn Warren and Major Robert Parrot 

Warren 448 

Portrait of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren as a Cadet at 

West Point 450 

Bronze Statue of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren on Round 

Top, Gettysburg 456 

House at Cold Spring-on-Hudson in which Major-General Gouverneur 

Kemble Warren was born 460 

Portrait of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren in the Uniform 

of a Brigadier-General 472 

Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Warren, Parents of Major-General 

Gouverneur Kemble Warren 482 

Map of Battle- Field of Five Forks, Virginia 486 

Bronze Statue of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren on Round 

Top, Gettysburg. From a Close View 490 

Bairer's Statue of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren at the 

Entrance of Prospect Park, Brooklyn 498 

Grave of Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren at Newport. Rhode 

Island 514 

Portraits of Colonel and Mrs. Washington Augustus Roebling ; Mr. and 

Mrs. John A. Roebling; and Paul Roebling and Siegfried Roebling.. 522 
View of Brooklyn Bridge 522 



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/^^■^HE Reverend Silas Constant was said to be a son of Colonel 
/ I Joseph Constant, an officer of the French army, who, in 
^^lr March, 1749, married Susan Tirrell, a daughter of Elijah 
Tirrell, of Salem parish, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Soon after his 
marriage Colonel Constant sailed for France for the purpose of 
arranging his affairs there. The ship in which he took passage is 
supposed to have foundered at sea, as no tidings were ever heard of 
it. On 15 January, 1750, at Waterbury, Connecticut, a fatherless 
boy was born and named Silas, and the young mother died shortly 
afterwards, bequeathing her son to the care of a married sister, Mrs. 
Beebe. v His birth is recorded with that of the family of Lieutenant 
Jonathan Beebe, who in his will bequeathed him " fifty pounds when 
he comes of age." It is said that he married his " second cousin," 
Amy, daughter of Captain John Lewis, of Salem parish, Waterbury, 
in 1769. The exact relationship is somewhat doubtful. Mrs. Jona- 
than Beebe and Captain John Lewis were, however, second cousins. 

[ After his marriage Mr. Constant appears to have resided at Water- 
bury, where he owned a farm, until past his thirtieth year.) In 1777, 
with Stephen Warner and others, he operated a mill on Long Meadow 



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Brook, at Naugatuck, and in 1778, and again in 1781, he loaned money 
to the town, to hire soldiers for Horseneck. 

It is conjectured that he pursued his theological studies under the 
direction of the Reverend Jacob Green, of Hanover, New Jersey, and 
on 29 May, 1783, at the age of thirty-three years, he was ordained 
an evangelist by the Presbytery of Morris County, New Jersey, after- 
wards known as the Associated Presbytery of Morris County. 

Mr. Constant's first charge was at Blooming Grove and Smith's 
Clove, now Monroe, Orange County, New York. At these places he 
preached on alternate Sundays until his removal to " Crompond," now 
Yorktown, New York, 3 November, 1785. 

It is quite probable that he became acquainted with the people of 
Crompond, or Yorktown, and they with him through his journeys 
from his field of labor to his old home in Waterbury, Connecticut. He 
preached his first sermon at Yorktown on 20 November, 1784, and on 
2 August, 1785, he was engaged by the Yorktown Presbyterian Church 
for one year, at a salary of fifty pounds and a parsonage, and began 
work on 3 November, 1785. On 8 November, 1786, the church invited 
him to become their pastor at a salary of sixty pounds and a parsonage, 
and he was soon after installed by a council, composed partly of mem- 
bers of the Associated Presbytery of Morris County, New Jersey, of 
which he was a member, and partly of members of the Presbytery of 
Dutchess County, New York, to which the church belonged. 

Mr. Constant is described as a tall, well-proportioned man, of com- 
manding presence. He had received a very limited education ; but 
had gathered much information from books. He possessed great 
shrewdness and personal force, was a ready speaker, a power in the 
religious life of the community, and the prime mover and leading 
spirit in the Associated Westchester Presbytery, an ecclesiastical body 
affiliated to the Associated Presbytery of Morris County, New Jersey. 
In his intercourse with his neighbors he was kind and obliging, and 
his daily walk and conversation were above reproach. He preached 
without notes. As a pastor he was very efficient, his visits combining 



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in a happy way the social and pastoral. His labors were abundant both 
within the parish — which had at least two out stations, Red Mills and 
Peekskill, where he preached — and without, and his ministry suc- 
cessful. 

Mr. Constant's prosperous pastorate at Yorktown was unfortu- 
nately marred by a division in the church in 1806. As before said, it 
is supposed that he studied theology under the Reverend Jacob Green, 
of Hanover, New Jersey, who, while clinging to the Presbyterian 
name, was Congregational at least in church polity. Mr. Green was 
the father of the Associated Presbytery of Morris County, New Jersey, 
which held and advocated his views. Mr. Constant was ordained by 
this presbytery, and was a member of it for nine years. He became 
one of the founders and the leading spirit of the Associated West- 
chester Presbytery, a presbytery " associated" with Morris County 
Presbytery, and of which he remained a member until his death. He 
was, as described by one who wrote in his defence, " a Presbyterian 
of the Congregational order." The Yorktown Church, when he began 
his ministry, was Presbyterian both in name and polity. It had four 
elders, who with the pastor composed the session. It was connected 
with the Presbytery of Dutchess County. The deed by which it held 
its property specified that it was " for the use of a Presbyterian 
congregation and to be used as a public place of divine worship by 
the neighbors and inhabitants thereabouts exercising their religion and 
public worship of God Almighty after and according to the form of 
worship used and exercised by the now established Presbyterian 
church government in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, and 
for no other purpose or intent whatsoever." Shortly after the begin- 
ning of Mr. Constant's pastorate at Yorktown, about four months, 
according to a record kept by himself, he began to undermine Presby- 
terian polity by teaching Congregationalism. To quote from the 
manual of the Yorktown Congregational Church, the fragment of 
the disrupted church composed of Mr. Constant and his friends, 
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Presbyterian, gradually assumed the Congregational form of govern- 
ment." After a time the elders, as such, took no part in the govern- 
ment of the church. Three of the original four died and the vacancies, 
thus created, were not filled; but instead deacons were elected. The 
public announcement from the pulpit, in 1805, that the church was not 
Presbyterian, but Congregational, is said to have precipitated the 
rupture. The majority sided with the pastor. The minority, after 
investigation by a committee, was reorganized by the Presbytery of 
Hudson as a Presbyterian Church. Metaphorically, both parties flew 
to arms. Three pamphlets were written, two in defence of Mr. Con- 
stant and one in opposition. Appeal was made to the civil courts, and 
the Circuit Court, Chief Justice (afterwards Chancellor) Kent pre- 
siding, awarded the property to the Presbyterian minority. Mr. Con- 
stant and his adherents organized the Independent or Congregational 
Church, of which he was pastor until his death, 22 March, 1825. 
The division, as is usual in such cases, produced dissension in the 
community, which only the lapse of threescore years could remove. 
In 1865 the Congregational Church disbanded, the church edifice was 
taken down, and most of the members united with the Presbyterian 
Church. And now only the church-yard with its graves remains to 
tell the story of Mr. Constant's theological wandering. And here, 
surrounded by his followers, the old pastor sleeps under a stone which 
reads: " In / memory of / the Rev / Silas Constant / who departed 
this life / 22 March, 1825 / aged 75 years, 2 months and 7 days." 

As already stated, Mr. Constant married ( 1 ) Amy Lewis, the 
eldest daughter of Captain John Lewis, by his second wife Ame, 
daughter of Captain Samuel Smith, of New Haven, born at Salem in 
Waterbury, 24 May, 1751 ; died at Yorktown, 4 January, 1805, and 
was buried in the Presbyterian church-yard. He married (2) Mrs. 
Jane D. Robinson, born 2 October, 1748; died 4 January, 1830; by 
whom he had no issue, and who is buried beside her husband in the 
Congregational church-yard, now known as the east yard of the 
Presbyterian Church of Yorktown. 



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Children of Reverend Silas and Amy (Lewis) Constant: 

1. St. John Constant, born at Waterbury, Connecticut, 7 May, 

1770; died at Peekskill, New York, 13 February, 1847. He 
married, 2 July, 1792, Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Hyatt, 1 
born at Yorktown, 22 February, 1770, and died 3 April, 
181 7. Both husband and wife are buried in the Van Cort- 
landt Cemetery at Peekskill. 

2. Joseph Constant, born at Waterbury, 7 October, 1773; died 

25 August, 1 8 19. He was an officer in the United States 
army, colonel at the battle of New Orleans, and was also 
sheriff of the county of New York; married Eliza Ackley, 
and had son Joseph Anthony Constant, and a daughter who 
married Mr. Kuphausen, of Philadelphia. 

3. Chloe Constant, born 7 July, 1776, probably in the town 

of Waterbury, and died at Yorktown, 28 April, 1853; 
married, 17 May, 1792, David Hyatt, born 4 September, 
1769; died 4 May, 1844. 2 

4. Sally Constant, born probably at Oxford, Orange County, 

New York, 8 September, 1785, 3 and died at Yorktown, New 
York, 20 June, 1806; married, 20 March, 1805, Dr. Henry 
White. Two gravestones mark the date of Mrs. White's 
death, one in the Presbyterian church-yard and the other in 
the east yard. 

William J. Cumming. 
Yorktown, Westchester County, New York. 

1 See Journal, note 248. 
* See Journal, note 248. 
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1783 

April 20. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 1 John i. 12; Luke xii. 



10. 



April 23. — Preached at David Lancaster's, Luke xiii. 6 . 
April 24. — Preached at Mr. C. Renolds, 1 Corinthians i. 10. 
April 27. — Preached at Mr. Coles, Jeremiah ii. 19; Psalms xxvii. 5. 
At Claudius Renolds, John i. 2. 

1 One of the interior towns of Orange County, New York, and originally a part 
of Cornwall. Its early settlers were largely from Suffolk County, Long Island. 
In the sketch of the Presbyterian Congregation of Smith's Clove, as given in Rut- 
tenber and Clark's " History of Orange County," it is stated that, " It was as late 
as 1783 before we read of any minister of Christ turning his attention to this region, 
and then Silas Constant, a licentiate under the care of Morris Presbytery, came to 
Blooming Grove, and on April 20 preached his first sermon at Blooming Grove. 
He was ordained May 29, 1784. In his journal he mentions Smith's Clove, or 
Monroe, as one of his preaching stations. Probably as early as 1783 he visited the 
Clove. The first sermon he delivered here was in the presence of a congregation 
assembled in an orchard belonging to the Fowler farm, and under an apple-tree 
which is still standing and brings forth fruit in old age. The fruit of this tree is 
large and delicious, and is called the Presbyterian apple. Thus it can be said of 
the church whose nucleus was gathered there, ' I raised thee up under the apple- 
tree ; there thy mother brought thee forth.' " 



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April 29. — Preached at Mr. Finch's 2 over the Kill, John i. 12. 

April 30. — At Mr. Shelse's, 1 Corinthians i. 10. 

May 1. — Returned to Blooming Grove, preached at Mr. Hudson's, 
Proverbs i. 3. 

May 4. — Preached at Blooming- Grove, Luke ii. 14; John xv. 2. 

May 5. — Went into Smith's Clove. 3 

May 6. — Preached at Mr. Hunters, 1 Corinthians i. 10. 

May 8. — Preached at John Lamoreux's, Matthew xxii. 42. 

May 9. — Preached at John Murrie's, Luke xiii. 6. 

May 11. — Preached at Claudius Renolds, 1 Peter i. 8; 1 Thes- 
salonians 17; at Mr. Archer's, Ephesians ii. 8. 

May 12. — Returned to Florida. 

May 16. — Preached at Florida, Ephesians ii. 8. 

May 17. — Went to Blooming Grove. 

May 18. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Romans viii. 14; 1 John 
ii. 28 ; received an invitation to preach there more. 

May 19. — Rode over the Kill, preached at Mr. Shelse's, Romans 
viii. 14. 

May 20. — Rode to Mr. Hulse's, preached from 1 Thessalonians, 
v. 17. (Some enlargement. ) 

May 21. — Rode to Mr. Hodgkindeth( ?) in the Jerseys, preached 

2 James Finch, the first of the Finch name in Orange County, came from Horse- 
neck, Connecticut, and settled at Goshen, where the family tradition makes him 
the first person buried in the Goshen church-yard. His son James was married to 
Catharine Gale, by the Rev. Mr. Kerr, and about 1768 located on land now covered 
by the village of Middletown. In 1774 he removed to what is known as Finchville, 
which was probably the place of Mr. Constant's preaching. The former James 
served in the French and Indian War, and the latter in the Revolution. The 
family doubtless descended from Daniel Finch, who died at Fairfield, Connecticut, 
in March, 1667. 

s So called from the family Smith, early resident in this section, whose first 
settler was said to have been from Long Island, and the ancestor of Claudius Smith 
of " infamous memory." The word clove is of Saxon origin, from clcopan, to split 
asunder, and means valley. Smith's Clove extended from Highland Mills along the 
Ramapo River. In 1802 the name was changed to Smithfield, and in 1808 to Monroe, 
in honor of President Monroe. 

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from i Corinthians i. 10. Somewhat out of health in body, but mental 
health is the best. 

May 22. — Rode to Mr. Peter Ayres. 4 Preached at Mr. Dunns, 
Ephesians ii. 8. 

May 2T). — Preached at Mr. Ayres, I Thessalonians, v. iy. Staid 
at Mr. Ayres till Sabbath. 

May 25. — Preached at Mr. Dunns 5 in the forenoon, Romans viii. 
14; at Mr. Culvers in the afternoon. Preached at Mr. Dunns in the 
evening, 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

May 26. — Rode to Black River 6 to Mr. B. 

May 27. — Attended Presbytery, preached at 4 o'clock from 1 
Corinthians i. 10. 

May 28. — Attended Presbytery. 

May 29. — Was examined 7 for ordination, and ordained to the 
Sacred work of the ministry. Mr. Lewis preached from 2 Timothy 

4 This was Peter Ayers, of Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, one of the 
sons of Thomas Ayers, of Woodbridge. The will of Peter Ayers, dated 10 August, 
1801, names wife Catharine, children Thomas, David, Jacob, Rachel, Hannah, 
Catharine, Phebe, Mary, and granddaughter Catharine, daughter of son Peter, 
deceased. (New Jersey Wills, xxxix. 487.) Obadiah Ayers, the grandfather of 
Thomas, and the progenitor of the Woodbridge family, married Hannah, daughter 
of Captain John Pike, of Salisbury, New Hampshire, and Woodbridge, New Jersey, 
one of Governor Carteret's Council of 1671, " President" of Woodbridge, and captain 
of its militia. 

5 Daniel Dunn, the first of the Dunn family to locate in Sussex County, New 
Jersey, went from Piscataway before the Revolution, and settled on a tract in 
Wantage, which is still in the possession of his descendants. 

6 Black River, now Chester, Morris County, New Jersey. 

7 Concerning this matter, Mr. Constant elsewhere wrote: "May, 29, 1783, in 
Roxbury in New Jersey by the advice of the Presbytery of Morris County and under 
their administration I received ordination and was solemnly set apart by fasting 
and prayer and the laying on of hands to the work of an evangelist. The solemnity 
appeared great, the work important and my obligations increased by this renewal of 
my vow. God grant that I may always feel my bonds to be his, and cheerfully 
discharge the important trust." Mr. Lewis, who preached the ordination sermon, 
was probably the Rev. Samuel Lewis of Salem parish, Waterbury, Connecticut, 
Mr. Constant's former pastor. 

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iv. 5. Mr. Green 8 prayed and gave the charge &c. — Rode to Mr. 
Allen's, Rockaway. 

May 30. — Rode to Mr. Grovers, 9 at Parsippany, preached from 
1 John ii. 28. 

May 31. — Rode to Mr. Allen's. 

June 1. — Preached at Rockaway, Ephesians ii. 8; 1 Thessalonians 
v. 17. 

June 2. — Rode to Deacon Ogden's. 

June 3. — Arrived at Mr. Lewis's. 

June 5. — Rode to Mr. Timothy Smith's. 

June 6. — Rode among the people and conversed with many agree- 
ably, lodged at Mr. Wilkie's. 

June 7. — Rode to Mr. C. Reynold's. 10 

June 8. — Preached from 1 Peter v. 9; 1 Kings xviii. 21. Rode 
to Mr. James Lewis. 

June 9. — Spent the day in visiting. 

June 10. — Preached at Mr. Brown's, 1 John i. 3. 

June 1 1 . — Rode to Mr. Bell's, attended a church meeting. 

June 12. — Rode to Mr. John Stephens's, preached from Matthew 
xxii. 14. 

8 The Rev. Jacob Green, sometime acting president of the College of New Jersey, 
now Princeton, and father of Rev. Ashbel Green, D.D., president of Princeton in 
1812. For sketches of both, see " Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography." 

9 The Rev. Joseph Grover, eldest son of Ebenezer Grover, of Tolland, Con- 
necticut ; ordained over the Presbyterian Church of Parsippany, New Jersey, in 
1775 ; but feeling that his ecclesiastical freedom was infringed by being a member 
of the Synod he withdrew from the Presbytery in 1779. He was later settled over 
the church in Bristol, New York, where he died. His brother, Stephen Grover, 
was an eminent evangelist. 

10 Few names are so frequently alluded to in the record of Mr. Constant's 
ministry in Orange County as that of Claudius Reynolds, who at that period was 
of Smith's Clove, but later, of the Wallkill, where he died in April, 1832, leaving a 
widow Mary; children Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Mead; Mary, wife of Daniel 
Corwin, and grandchildren George Washington Corwin, Elmarena Corwin, Harriet 
Newell Corwin, Eliza Jane Corwin, Hannah Maria Corwin, and Charity Ann Cor- 
win. (Orange County Wills.) 

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June 13 
June 14 
June 15 

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June 16 
June 17 
June 18 

Lukexiv. 1; 
June 19 

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June 20 
June 21 
June 22 
June 23 

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June 24 
June 25 
June 26 
June 27 
June 28 



-Rode [to] Mr. Samuel Hall's. 

-Rode to Mr. Dobbin's. 

-Preached at Claudius Reynold's, Hebrews iv. 12; 



Acts 



— Rode to Colonel Marvin's. 11 

— Rode to Deacon Coleman's. 

— Rode to Christopher Coleman's and preached from 

. Come for all things. 

— Rode to Deacon Coleman's preached from Luke xiii. 

— Rode to Florida. 
— Rode to Blooming Grove. 
— Preached from Luke xiv. ; Acts xiii. 41. 
— Set out for home and having an invitation to Corn- 
thitherward, to Esq 1- Storm's. 
— Rode to Cornwall. 
— Sat in the Council. 
— Sat in ditto. 

— Sat in the Council — rode to Mr. Harrison's. 
— Rode home to my family. 



11 Elihu Marvin, the great-grandson of Matthew Marvin, one of the original 
proprietors of Hartford, Connecticut, was born at Norwalk in that State, 10 October, 
1719. About 1743 he removed to Orange County, New York, and settled in what 
is now Blooming Grove, where he died 17 August, 1803, and where his descendants 
still reside. He was chairman of the Committee of Safety for Orange County in 
1776, and was subsequently in active service in the Revolution as lieutenant-colonel 
and colonel of the militia of that county. He married Abigail, daughter of John 
Yelverton, of Chester, by whom he had Seth, who also served in the militia as 
lieutenant and captain, Abigail, Elihu, John Yelverton, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, 
James, Keziah, and Anthony. 

12 It was in the northeast portion of this town that N. P. Willis spent his 
declining years on a small estate called by him " Idlewild," near the present Corn- 
wall-on-the-Hudson, and not far away is the erstwhile home and last resting-place 
of Edward Payson Roe, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of this 
district. On the top of Storm-King Mountain, Mrs. Amelia E. Barr has made her 
summer home, " Cherry Croft," so called from its cherry-trees. 

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June 29. — Went to hear Mr. Lewis 13 preach and preached a 
sermon myself, 1 Thessalonians v. 17. 

July 1. — Went to New Haven, traded 2-3-8; rode to John 
Stephens's. 

July 2. — Went to Derby to ordination and then home. 

July 3. — Staid at home. 

July 4. — Went to church meeting. 

July 5. — Studied in preparation for the Sabbath. 

July 6. — Preached at Salem, 14 Acts xiii. 41 ; 1 Corinthians i. 10. 

July 7. — Went out to E. Hoadly, 15 &c. 

July 8. — Staid at home. 

July 9. — Ditto. 

July 10. — Set [out] for Smith's Clove, rode to Holmes' (Beek- 
man's Patent). 

July 1 1 . — Rode to Mr. Lawrence's and took Breakfast, from there 
rode to the North River and crossed to New Windsor. 

July 12. — Rode into the Clove to Claudius Reynolds'. 

July 13. — Preached from Jonah i. 6; Hebrews xii. 12. 

July 14. — Staid at Mr. Reynolds most of the day. 

July 15. — Ditto. 

July 16. — Rode to Mr. Davenports, staid there overnight. 

July 17. — Studied a sermon and preached the same at Mr. Earl's, 
Psalms i. 2. Went to Mr. Brown's. 

July 18. — Rode to Oxford to Colonel Marvin's. 

July 19. — Studied in preparation for the Sabbath. 

13 The Rev. Samuel Lewis, of Salem parish, Waterbury, who on 1 April, 1783, 
signed the following: "The Bearer hereof, Silas Constant, is in good standing in 
the Church of Christ at Salem, and is hereby recommended to the Charity of 
Christians wherever God in his providence shall cast him." 

14 Now Naugatuck, formerly known as the Southern Winter Parish of Water- 
bury, Connecticut. 

16 Ebenezer Hoadley, of Salem, a Revolutionary patriot, who had married Sarah, 
the daughter of Captain John Lewis, of Waterbury, by his first wife Mary Munn, 
and the half-sister of Mrs. Constant. (Anderson's "History of Waterbury.") 

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July 20. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew vii. 24 ; Psalms 
i. 2. 

July 21. — Rode to Deacon Coleman's, and to Mr. Howell's. 

July 22. — Rode to Mr. James Lewis' ; 16 married Francis Gale 
and Elizabeth Lewis. 

July 23. — Rode into the woods whortleberry ing &c. ; rode to T. 
Smith's. 

July 24. — Preached [at] John Stephens's. 

July 25. — Attended a Society at Mr. Bull's. 

July 26. — Taken sick, went to Claudius Reynolds. 

July 27. — Preached from 1 Corinthians iii. 21, 22, 23; v. 18. 

July 28. — Grew more poorly, took physic. 

July 29. — Continued poorly. 

July 30. — Took a vomit. 

July 31. — Sent for Doctor Elmer. 17 

August 1. — Doctor Elmer came to see me with Dr. Lewis. 

August 2. — Grew worse and was extremely sick, as I apprehended 
I should not live. 

August 3. — Continued exceeding sick and my fever rose very high, 
this was Sabbath day. 

August 4. — My fever abated but my nature is so exhausted that 
I could neither sleep nor eat. 

August 5. — Rode a little, Deacon Coleman came to see me and 
went for Doctor Smedes, 18 who came to see me in the evening. 

10 Son of James Lewis, of Smith's Clove, whose will dated 10 May, 1778, named 
Samuel, Lewis, Isaac, Joseph, William, John, James, Jacob, Elizabeth Lewis, and 
Mary Pilgrim, all apparently children of testator. (New York Calendar of Wills.) 

17 Nathaniel Elmer, of Florida, was a physician of the Revolutionary period, 
and was commissioned captain of the Florida Company, Orange County militia, 
22 September, 1775. He was a native of Sharon, Connecticut, and removed to and 
settled at Florida, where he practised his profession with credit for many years, 
and where he died in December, 1797. Two of his sons, William Elmer, of Goshen, 
and Nathaniel Elmer, of Denton, were also physicians. 

18 John Smedes, who was surgeon " of the Levies" of the New York troops, 
I 779-i78o. An interesting letter of his relating to his practice is to be found in 
Ruttenber and Clark's " History of Orange County." 

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August 6. — Mr. Shepherd came to see me and advised me to ride 
to Florida. I accordingly set out and rode to Oxford to Mrs. Little's 
where I tarried all night. 

August 7. — Set forward for Florida and after many stops to rest 

1 arrived at Florida very much wearied. 

August 8. — Staid at Mr. Lewis' and began to amend. 

August 9. — Continued mending gradually, began to have a stom- 
ach to eat a little. 

August 10. — Sabbath day, went to meeting and partook of the 
Sacrament. 

August 11. — Rode to Mr. Rankins' and staid all night. 

August 12. — Returned to Mr. Lewis' and grew something better 
of my illness. 

August 13. — Something better went to Mr. Curtis'. 

August 14. — Better of my illness went to Mr. Reeds, where I got 
some eggs. 

August 15. — Grew better very gradually, my stomach to victuals 
grew better. Rode to see Mr. Bradner. 19 

August 16. — Set off for Blooming Grove and rode as far as Ellis 
Judson's where I staid all night. 

August 17. — Sabbath Day rode to Blooming Grove and heard 
Mr. Bradner preach from Philippians ii. 8. 

August 18. — Staid at Blooming Grove till afternoon then rode to 
Mr. R. Youngs 20 and staid all night. 

August 19. — Rode to Mr. J. Smith's. 

18 The Rev. Benoni Bradner, who became pastor of the church of Blooming 
Grove in June, 1786, and died in 1804, in the seventy-first year of his age. He was 
a son of Christian Bradner, and grandson of the Rev. John Bradner, of Scotland, 
who was ordained to the ministry in March, 1715, by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, 
and located as first pastor of the Cold Spring Presbyterian Church of Cape May, 
New Jersey. In 1721 he became the first pastor of the Goshen Church where he 
remained until his death in 1732. 

:0 Reuben Youngs was assessor of Cornwall as early as 1775. In his will of 

2 November, 1803, he calls himself of Blooming Grove and " advanced in age." 

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August 20. — Rode to Mr. C. Reynolds'. Staid all night. 

August 21. — Rode to Blooming Grove and preached Luke xii. 
Received an invitation to preach at Blooming Grove for a year, the 
one half of the time. 

August 22. — Rode to Mr. Brown's in the Clove and staid there 
till Sabbath. 

August 24. — Preached at the meeting house, Joel ii. 15. 

August 25. — Visited some of the people and went to Mr. J. Mil- 
ler's, staid all night. 

August 26. — Rode to Mr. J. Garner's, staid all night. 

August 2j. — Preached at Mr. H. Hall's, Peter ii. 17; went to 
Mr. J. Smith's, staid all night. 

August 28. — Rode to Goshen — to Florida. 

August 29. — Staid at Mr. Lewis'. 

August 30. — Rode to Blooming Grove to Capt. Woodhull's. 21 

August 30. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Deuteronomy xxxii. 
29. 

September 1. — Rode to C. Coleman's, staid all night. 

September 2. — Went into Smith's Clove ; preached from Jeremiah 
ii. I will plead &c. ; went to Mr. Bell's. 

His legatees were daughter Phebe, wife of James Little, deceased ; daughter Marcy, 
wife of Benjamin Cunningham; daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Helme, and 
nephew Abimal Youngs. (Orange County Wills.) 

21 Ebenezer Woodhull, eleventh child of Nathaniel Woodhull by his wife Sarah 
Smith, was born at Mastic, Long Island, 2 February, 1742, and removed to Bloom- 
ing Grove, Orange County, where he was commissioned, 5 January, 1776, adjutant 
of a regiment of Minute Men, and later captain of a Company of Light Horse 
belonging to the Blooming Grove, Cornwall Precinct, Regiment. He died in 
October, 1804, leaving a widow Abigail, and children Fletcher, Ebenezer, Thomas 
M., Ruth Strong, Frances Marvin, and Jerusha, Phebe, and Sarah Woodhull. 
(Orange County Wills.) 

Richard Woodhull, the common ancestor in America, was born at Thenford, 
Northamptonshire, England, 13 September, 1620, and arrived in America as early 
as 1648, seating himself at Setauket and becoming one of its most influential citizens. 
His descendants have been numerous, and many distinguished. Eighteen of the 
name have been graduated at Princeton. 

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September 3. — Went to Mr. Davenport's; spent the Day very 
agreeably; staid all night and went to see some friends, and in the 
afternoon married David Prindle and Susanna Lamoreux, 22 and 
preached at William Millers, 23 1 Peter ii. 4 ; went to Mr. J. McMan- 
ners. 

September 5. — Spent the day in visiting, went to Mr. Bell's. 

September 6. — Studied in preparation for the Sabbath, went to 
C. Reynolds and staid all night. 

September 7. — Preached from Joel ii. 15; in the evening preached 
at Mr. Sneeden's ; staid all night. 

September 8. — Rode to Timothy Smith's and with him to Bloom- 
ing Grove to Nathan B's vendue, bid up a number of articles &c. ; 
staid at Captain Brewsters. 

September 9. — Rained hard, rode to T. Smiths. 

September 10. — Went to David Sutton's, preached, Psalms i. 2; 
staid all night. 

September 11. — Rode to Florida and found Esther Lewis, and 
Clarissa Lewis sick. 

September 12. — Staid at Mr. Lewis'. 

September 13. — Rode to Blooming Grove. 

September 14. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 2 Corinthians v. 
19, 26; Luke ix. 26. 

September 15. — Set off for Waterbury rode to Mr. Lamb's. 

22 Susanna Lamoreux was the daughter of John Lamoreux, Sr., of Smith's 
Clove, and is named in his will of 31 December, 1801. And David Prindle was 
probably of the Waterbury family of that name. 

23 One of the deacons and trustees of the Presbyterian congregation of Smith's 
Clove at its incorporation, 17 May, 1784, and doubtless he who was called brother- 
in-law in the will of James Lewis, of Smith's Clove, executed 10 May, 1778. One 
William Miller, of Montgomery, made his will 11 March, 1803, probated 27 February, 
1804, and named therein wife Else, sons William, Burger, Henry, Daniel, and 
Samuel ; daughters by wife Marrite, deceased, — viz., Mary, Margaret, Esther, 
Elizabeth, and Catharine ; also daughter Lydia. The daughters were probably all 
married. 

24 Probably John McManus. 

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September 16. — Rode to Waterbury, found my family well, but 
something unwell myself. 

September 17. — Something unwell went to * * * 

September 18. — Went to Mr. Stephens', and to Capt. Lewis' &c. 

September 19. — Had a fit of the ague. Mr. Brown at my house. 

September 20. — Dismissed Rhoda Williams from my service. 
Timothy Smith arrived &c. 

September 21. — Sabbath day; had the ague, took physic. 

September 22. — Loaded my things to move to Blooming Grove. 

September 23. — Had the ague, after which I set out with my 
family and effects for Blooming Grove. Staid all night at New 
Milford. 

September 24. — Rode to Dover 25 and visited Mr. Waldo; then 
rode to Esq r Storm's. 

September 25. — Had the ague, after which I rode on my journey, 
crossed the river and rode to Blooming Grove. Staid [at] J. Brew- 
ster's. 26 

25 Situated in the eastern part of Dutchess County, in what is known as the 
Oblong. Most of its pioneer settlers were from Connecticut. 

28 John Brewster, son of John Brewster, of Cornwall Precinct, whose will, 
proved 10 November, 1778, named wife Charity, children John, Francis, Edward, 
Isaac, and Ruth, and home farm on the New Windsor Road. The father died 
23 August, 1778, aged seventy-two years, nine months, and eighteen days, and his 
widow Charity, 19 November, 1783, aged seventy-five years. The son John, born 
in January, 173-, married, 29 March, 1768, Sarah Chandler, born 15 April, 1741, 
died 27 July, 1794. He was first lieutenant in Captain Jonathan Tuthill's regiment 
of Cornwall militia, and was reappointed thereto 21 February, 1778. Late in life 
he removed from Blooming Grove to Southfields, where he died in January, 181 1, 
leaving but two children, Benjamin and Phebe, the latter wife of Ebenezer Seeley. 

The town meetings of Cornwall precinct were held at the houses of John 
Brewster, Sr., and John Brewster, Jr., from 1765 to 1797. It was probably of the 
former that John Adams wrote in his Diary, under date of 17 November, 1777 
(Adams's Works, ii. 441): "Dined at Brewster's, in Orange County, State of 
New York. Brewster's grandfather, as he tells me, was a clergyman, and one of the 
first adventurers to Plymouth. He died at ninety-five years of age, a minister on 
Long Island ; left a son, who lived to be above eighty and died, leaving my landlord, 
a son who is now, I believe, between sixty and seventy. The manners of this 

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September 26. — Went [into] my dwelling house; set up family 
&c. 

September 27. — Had the ague, Dr. Smedes 27 came to see 
me, gave me the I Bark &c. People very kind [in] sending in pro- 
visions. 

September 28. — Sabbath, preached [at] Blooming Grove, 1 
Samuel iv. 21 ; Psalms cxxxvi. 1. 

September 29. — Went to Florida with my wife traded at Chester 
to the amount of 1-3-8; returned home. Gave to Mr. Bradly £1-6-0 
to carry to New York to buy a brass kettle. 

September 30. — Somewhat rainy; grew better of my illness. 

October 1. — Mr. Harrison came to my house; very rainy. 

October 2. — Rode to Colonel Marvin's, Mr. White's &c. 

October 3. — Deacon Coleman came to see me; studied for preach- 
ing. 

October 4. — Mr. Greene came to see me. Studied. 

October 5. — Sabbath day, went into the Clove, preached Proverbs 
vi. 6-1 1 ; Hebrews x. 24. Confirmed (?) one and preached at Mr. 
Dobbins' in the evening, Samuel ii. 21. 

October 6. — Attended church meeting at Mr. Kerr's. 

October 7. — Mr. Smith came to my house. 

October 8. — Rainy weather. 

October 9. — Rainy weather ; went to Goshen. 

October 10. — Studied &c. 

October 11. — Studied. Deacon Lewis came to my house, staid all 
night. 

October 12. — Preached at Blooming Grove, John v. 10; Joel ii. 15. 

October 13. — Went to see Deacon Coleman &c. 

family are exactly like those of the New England people, a decent grace before 
and after meals." 

The Brewsters of Orange County are descended from the Rev. Nathaniel 
Brewster, of Brookhaven, Long Island, but the connection, if any, with Elder 
Brewster of " Mayflower" fame has not been proved. 

27 Smedes. (See note 18.) 

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October 14 
October 15 

preach. 

October 16 
October 17 
October 18 
October 19 

Bell's. 

October 20 
October 21 
October 25 
October 26 



-Read and Mr. Cornwell came to see me. 
— Went to Florida to presbytery ; heard Mr. Cornwell 

— Staid at Florida until most night, then rode home. 

— Studied &c. 

— Studied, &c. ; rain. 

— Went into the Clove but no meeting, staid at Mr. 



-Preached at John Murrie's. 
-Returned home. 
-Mr. Bradford came. 
. — Mr. Bradford preached, Mr. Spaldwin ditto. 

November 2. — Preached in the Clove [at] John Way's, viii. 36; 
Mr. Earl's, Luke xiii. 17. 

November 3. — Church meeting [at] John Murrie's; lecture at 
Mr. Brown's in the evening, Hebrews iv. 12. 

November 4. — Church meeting at Mr. Hunter's; lecture in the 
evening at Justus Stephens's ; staid at Mr. Smith's. 

November 5. — Rode home. 

November 6. — Sent my man to Timothy Smiths. 

November 9. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Psalms iii. 7 ; Isaiah 
lxiii. 1. 

November 11. — Went to Florida to preach; heard Mr. Spaldwin 
preach. 

November 12. — Attended presbytery. 

November 13. — Heard Mr. E. Bradford preach; assisted in the 
ordination of Mr. C. B. S. 

November 14. — Returned home. 

November 15. — Went to vendue at Stephen Hulse's. 28 

28 Stephen Hulse was the son of Ebenezer Hulse, of Brookhaven, and named 
in the will of the same, bearing date 3 August, 1769. There were, besides Stephen, 
Jesse, Peter, Elizabeth, Isaac, Samuel, and two young daughters. (Brookhaven 
Wills.) 

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November 16. — Went into the Clove, preached John iv. 44; 
Psalms lxxxvii. 5. 

November 17. — Preached at Mr. Cunningham's. 

November 18. — Preached at Mr. Christopher Coleman's. 29 

November 19. — At home. 

November 20. — Preached Mrs. Brewster's 30 funeral Sermon ; in 
the evening, preached at Mrs. Currins. 31 

November 21. — Set out for the Jerseys, went to Florida. 

November 22. — Went to Mr. Ogden's. 

November 23. — Preached at Mr. Ogden's, John iv. 24. 

November 24. — Went to Black River. 

November 25. — Went to Mr. Green's. 

November 26. — Went to Mr. Grover's; to Rockaway, preached 
from Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

November 27. — Went to Deacon Ogden's, preached, Timothy iv. 8. 

November 28. — Came to Florida. 

November 29. — Came home. 

November 30. — Went into the Clove, preached, Isaiah xlii. 1 ; 
1 Timothy iii. last. 

December 1. — Went to Mr. Lewis James's. 

December 2. — Rode home, Mr. Harrison there. 

December 4. — Went to Mr. Howell's ; to Mr. Hudson's, preached 
1 Timothy. 

December 5. — Spent the day studying. 

December 6. — Ditto. 

December 7. — Preached at Blooming Grove, John xii. 2y; He- 
brews xii. 2. 

December 8. — Went to see Mr. Howell. 

" 9 Christopher Coleman was of Cornwall Precinct as early as 14 May, 1765, 
when he deeded to Joseph Coleman certain household goods. (Orange County 
Deeds.) 

80 Charity, widow of John Brewster, Sr. (See note 26.) 

" Curren. 

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December 9. — Deacon Coleman came to see me. 

December 10. — Preached Mrs. Howell's funeral sermon, Revela- 
tion xiv. 13. 

December 11. — Thanksgiving Sermon from Psalms cxxvi. 5. 

December 12. — Rain; staid at home; studied. 

December 13. — Studied &c. 

December 14. — Went into the Clove, preached Proverbs iii. 18; 
Romans vii. 13. Staid at Mr. Brown's. 

December 15. — Went to Mr. Bull's church, and preached 1 Corin- 
thians 12. 

December 16. — Went to Mr. Hunter's church and preached at 
Justus Stephens' 32 Luke xvii ; staid at Mr. Timothy Smith's. 33 

December 17. — Returned home. 

December 19. — Went to see Mr. Brewster &c. 

December 20. — Studied &c. 

December 21. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Ephesians vi. 11; 
preached at Mr. Hulse's, John iv. 24. 

December 22. — Went to see Jule Smith ; baptized her. 

December 23. — Went to Mr. Moffat's to see Mr. Brewster. 

December 24. — Went to Mr. Youngs and preached from John 
iv. 24. 

December 25. — Studied &c. 

December 27. — Went to Florida &c. ; staid [at] Mr. Helme's. 

December 28. — Preached at Mr. Earl's Romans xiv. 17; went to 
Mr. Brown's. 

December 29. — Went to Mr. Bull's, church meeting, Mr. Lewis 
there &c. Mr. Lewis preached. 

32 A son of Jonathan Stevens, of Cornwall, and named in his will of 28 Decem- 
ber, 1794. The father lived " on the road between Long Pond and Sugar Loaf 
Valley," and had, besides Justus above, Joseph, David, Jonathan, Elisha, Adam, 
Dorothy, Rebecca, Mary, and Amy, the latter of whom married William Friskey. 

33 Possibly the Timothy Smith, of Walkill, whose will, executed 6 September, 
1799, was proved 4 November, 1803, and named wife Mary, and children Caleb, 
Nathaniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Sophia, and daughter Phebe " on Long Island." 

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December 30. — Went to Sugarloaf, 34 preached at John Wood's 35 
Acts xiii. 41. 

December 3 1 . — Rode to Barny Horton's ; staid &c. 



January 1 
January 2 
January 3 
January 4 
January 5 
January 6 
January 7 
1 Peter ii. 4. 



1784 

— Great snow on the earth; rode home. 

— Studied &c. 

— Spent in preparation for the Sabbath. 

— Preached at Blooming Grove, Samuel xi. 47. 

— Mr. Smith [and] Mr. Little came to see me, &c. 

— Rain and thawy weather. 

— Went to Gray Court, preached at Barny Hornton's, 56 



34 Sugar Loaf Village, on the west side of Sugar Loaf Mountain, on the road 
from Warwick to Chester, derived its name from the isolated peak which rises 
majestically in a conical form for several hundred feet above the level of the sur- 
rounding land. 

35 John Wood, of Warwick, was a son of Daniel Wood, of Florida, Goshen 
Precinct, and is one of the legatees named in the will of the latter, 1 October, 1776. 
(New York Calendar of Wills.) His own will, dated 27 August, 1794, proved the 
following month, leaves his wife Ariant to bring up the " young children," and 
makes bequests to sons Daniel, Isaac, Jesse, and Abner, the latter not sixteen, to 
the children of deceased son John, and to daughters Deborah Wells, Sarah, and 
Elizabeth. (Orange County Wills.) 

38 Barnabas Horton, the first of this family in America, came in the ship Swal- 
low in 1638, and located first at Hampton, Massachusetts, but later at Southold, 
Long Island, where he died, 13 July, 1680, aged eighty. He is said to have been 
from Mousely in Leicestershire, and to have been born 13 July, 1600. His great- 
grandson Barnabas, born circa 1690, removed from Southold to Goshen, Orange 
County, where his will of 9 October, 1782, speaks of wife Mary and children Silas, 
Barnabas, Mathias, and Mary. The son Barnabas is he of the text. He executed his 
will 23 January, 1793, which was proved the following September. His legatees were 
wife Mary, grandsons David and Isaac and other eight grandchildren, the children of 
son Barnabas, deceased ; and grandchildren Henry Youngs and Eunice, wife of 
William Moffat, the children of Henry Youngs, deceased, by daughter Abigail, also 

deceased. His first wife was Abigail ; the second Mrs. Mary , a widow 

Teed, or the widow of Thomas Knight. 

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January 8. — Rode home and went to Mr. Corwin's 37 preached 
from Psalms x. 3. 

January 9. — Went to Mr. Brewster's &c. 

January 10. — Studied in preparation for the Sabbath day. Mr. 
Shepherd came to see me. 

January 11. — Rode into the Clove, Mr. Shepherd preached and in 
the evening I preached at Mr. Wilks', 1 Samuel xvii. 47. 

January 12. — Went to see Mr. Garner. Church meeting at Mr. 
Hunter's; preached at Timothy Smith's in the evening Luke xvii. 

January 13. — Went to Mr. Fulton's heard Mr. Roberts preach &c. ; 
went to Mr. Say res' ; preached from Zachariah ii. 7 ; went to Mr. 
Zach. Horton's ; preached in the evening John iv. 24. 

January 14. — Rode to Blooming Grove. 

January 15. — Went to Mr. Hudson's preached from Matthew 
xviii. 3. 

January 16. — Colonel Marvin came to see me. 

January 17. — Studied &c. 

January 18. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew iii. 14. 

January 19. — Stormy day; read. 

January 20. — Warm; studied. 

January 21. — Went to Oxford; preached at Daniel Little's, 1 
Timothy iv. 8. 

January 22. — Went to Coleman Curtis' ; married Jesse Mervin. 38 

January 23. — At home. 

37 The Corwins were from Southold, Long Island, where Joshua, the emigrant 
to Orange County, was born, 25 March, 1733, or 26 March, 1736. He was probably 
in Mt. Hope during the Revolution, and was one of the first trustees of the Mt. 
Hope Presbyterian Church in 1784. He died 6 July, 1812. For children of, see 
Corwin Genealogy. 

38 Jesse Marvin, son of Nathan Marvin by his wife Hannah Betts, and nephew 
of Colonel Elihu Marvin. (See note 11.) He served in the Revolution, as private 
in Captain Seth Marvin's Company of Orange County militia. His first marriage 
was to Hannah Curtis, under date as above, who was doubtless a daughter of 
Coleman Curtis, at whose house the marriage took place. Of her brothers and sisters 
we know Silas, Amzi, David, Benjamin, Mary, and Ann. The will of Jesse Marvin 

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January 24. — Went into the Clove ; at C. Reynolds. 

January 25. — Preached at Mr. Earl's; at Mr. Brown's. 

January 26. — Preached at Mr. James Miller's 39 John ix. 16; rode 
home. 

January 27. — Snow Storm. 

January 28. — People came to sled wood for me. 

January 29. — Spent the day at home. 

January 30. — At home &c. 

January 31. — In preparation for Sabbath. 

February 1. — Sabbath day; preached at Blooming Grove, Revela- 
tion xv. 3. 

February 2. — Day warm, south wind and rain. 

February 3-. — Went to Mr. Daniel Little's &c. 

February 4. — Cold. — Married Eugene McFarland and Phebe 
Rose. 

February 5. — Married William Garrison and Katharine Miller. 

February 6. — Mr. Crane came to see me, (cold). 

February 7. — Studied for the Sabbath &c. 

February 8. — Went into the Clove preached at James Miller's, 
Luke xxii. 61 ; went to Mr. Bell's. 

February 9. — Attended church meeting &c. in the evening 
preached at Claudius Reynolds' and staid all night. 

February 10. — Went to Timothy Smith's, to Mr. Archer's, 
preached from Revelation xv. 3 ; rode to Mr. Reuben Youngs. Staid 
all night. 

February 11. — Rode home, Mr. Howell Esq r came to see me. 

February 12. — Preached at Mr. Hudson's, Matthew xviii. 3. 

bears date 30 January, 1818, and names children Hannah Scofield, Susanna Davy, 
Polly Denton, Jesse, James, Brewster, Daniel, and Sylva, also wife Jane. (Orange 
County Wills.) 

39 James Miller was appointed first lieutenant, second Battallion, New York 
Line, 21 November, 1776, resigned 7 April, 1778. (" New York in the Revolution.") 
He was doubtless a son of Andrew Miller, of Goshen Precinct, who died in Sep- 
tember, 1767, leaving sons Andrew, James, John, William, David, and Alexander. 

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February 14. — Studied &c. 

February 15. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Romans viii. 30. 

February 16. — Rode in the evening to Gray Court 40 [to] Esquire 
Strong's. 

February 17. — Mr. Helme came to see me. 

February 18. — Went to Esquire Howell's &c. 41 

February 19. — Went to Mr. Decker's; to Mr. Hudson's, preached 
John iv. 24. 

February 20. — At home, meeting in the evening at Mr. Capper's. 

February 21. — Studied &c. [went] to Mr. James Lew [is]. 

February 22. — Went to Mr. Earl's, preached Revelation xv. 3 ; 
went to Mr. W. Miller's, preached from Parable of Prodigal. 

February 23. — Went to visit a number of friends. 

February 24. — Rode to Mr. John Garner's, preached at his house 
in the evening. 

40 The first settlement in the present town of Chester was made in 1716 by 
Daniel Cromline, from Long Island, who for years afterwards kept a tavern known 
as the Cromline House. Its sign was the king's coat of arms, and as the colors 
became dimned with age it was called the " Gray Coat," and later still, after the 
monthly courts were held in the house, " Gray Court," which name was applied to 
the stream, meadow, and locality thereabout. 

41 Hezekiah Howell was born at Southampton, Long Island, 6 May, 1709, from 
whence he removed to Orange County, where he took up some two thousand acres 
of land in Cornwall Precinct, his home farm being at Blagg's Clove. He was 
buried 29 September, 1784, when Mr. Constant preached the funeral sermon. By his 
wife Susanna, daughter of John Sayre, whom he married in 1735, he had Hezekiah, 
Charles, Stephen, Phebe, Jane, Susanna, and Abigail, all of whom, except Stephen, 
who had previously died, are included in his will probated 30 September, 1784. 
(New York Calendar of Wills.) 

Edward Howell, the first of the Howell name in Southampton, came from 
Westbury, Marsh Gibbon, County Bucks, England, to America in 1640; being first 
of Lynn, Massachusetts, where he had five hundred acres of land. He, however, 
removed to Southampton, of which he was one of the founders, and a member of 
the Governor's Council of Connecticut from 1647 to 1653. His son, Major John 
Howell, prominent in the civil as well as in the military affairs of Long Island, 
was baptized at Marsh Gibbon, 20 November, 1624, and died at Southampton, 
3 November, 1696, where his tombstone in the old graveyard bears a still legible 
coat of arms, — three towers tripple towered. 

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February 25. — Rode to Mr. Reuben Youngs's, in the evening 
preached from Matthew x. 1 3 ; rode home. 

February 26. — At home. 

February 27. — Studied ; in the evening attended a meeting at 
Mr. Moffatt's. 

February 28. — Preached at Blooming Grove, at Mr. Coopers, 
Luke xv. last. 

March 1. — Very cold weather. 

March 2. — Rode to Goshen. 

March 3. — Snow storm. 

March 4. — Rode to Captain Mathews' 42 &c ; in the evening 
preached at Mr. Hudson's, Romans iv. 12. 

ffl Vincent Mathews, one of the sons of Colonel Peter Mathews, who accom- 
panied Governor Fletcher to New York, and who, according to the Earl of Bella- 
mont, " had been brought up from a child with Colonel Fletcher." According to the 
census of 1703 for New York, " Captain Mathews" had five children, three sons and 
two daughters. He was major, and commanded the Independent Fusiliers in 1711, 
in which his son Fletcher Mathews was lieutenant. In 1714 he commanded a com- 
pany of the Albany County militia, and in this also his son Fletcher was lieutenant 
and his son Vincent, above, a private. Peter Mathews died at Albany in 1719, 
where his will, proved 27 December of that year, made his wife Bridget his sole 
legatee. Her will, dated 8 January, 1721, proved ten days later, named son Vin- 
cent, grandson Peter, and daughters Catharine and Flora. The grandson, Peter 
Mathews, who was living in 1739, but who probably died unmarried and with- 
out issue, may have been the son of Lieutenant Fletcher Mathews, who died 14 
February, 1714. Vincent Mathews became one of the patentees of a tract of 
land near New Windsor, Orange County, which he called Mathewsfield. He 
was taxed at Newburgh in 1718, was clerk of Orange County from 1726 to 1763, 
member of Assembly from that county from 1729 to 1739, Judge from 1733 to 1737, 
and was commissioned colonel of the Orange County Regiment of Foot, 20 June, 
1738. He died in June, 1784, having married (1) Catalina, daughter of John Abeel, 
Mayor of Albany in 1694-95, 1709-10, by his wife Catalina Schuyler, and (2) Eliza- 
beth Wileman, who survived him. His children were : 

1. Catalina Mathews, baptized at Albany, 18 August, 1723. 

2. David Mathews, married 6 November, 1758, Sarah Seymour. He practised 
law in Orange County as early as 1760 and in New York in 1769; was Mayor of 
that city before the Revolution ; became a loyalist, and removed to Nova Scotia. 
Had issue. 

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March 5. — Rode to Mr. Goldsmith's &c. attended on a meeting at 
Major Howell's. 43 

March 6. — Studied at home. — (unwell). 

March 7. — Went into the Clove preached at James Miller's, Ro- 
mans xi. (the first) ; in the evening at Daniel Miller's, 44 Matthew iii. 
chapter. 

March 8. — Rode to see Mr. Brown's family who are broke out 



3. Fletcher Mathews, married, 24 January, 1758, Sarah Woodhull. He resided 
in Ulster County, where he followed the legal profession until his death about 

1799. His children were Catharine, who married (1) Evertson, and (2) 

Baldwin ; Bridget, who married Thomas Waters ; Elizabeth, who married Henry 
A. Williams ; and Mary. 

4. James Mathews, born at Mathewsfield, 1742 ; died at Elmira, 1816, married, 
18 February, 1762, Hannah, daughter of Selah Strong by his wife Hannah Woodhull. 
He had: Vincent, who was admitted to the New York Bar in 1790, settled in prac- 
tice at Elmira, and was elected to Congress as a Federalist, serving from 1809 
till 181 1 ; Selah; Peter, who removed to Michigan; Fletcher, who settled at 
Romulus, Seneca County ; James ; Nathaniel Strong ; Catharine, who married 
Libbeus Tubbs ; Elizabeth, who married John G. Christopher ; Juliana Strong, 
who married Hon. Lazarus Hammond ; Sarah, who married General Samuel Haight, 
several of whose children carried on the traditions of the Mathews family, her son 
Fletcher Mathews Haight being United States judge for the District of California, 
and her grandson also filled the same office, as well as that of governor of the 
State of California, 1867-71 ; and Bridget, who married William Lowe. 

5. Elizabeth Mathews, married Theophilus Beekman. 

6. Bridget Mathews, married Jones. 

43 Hezekiah Howell, Jr., born 4 September, 1741 ; died 9 March, 1815, was a 
prominent man of his time, first supervisor of Cornwall, and High Sheriff of 
Orange County; was commissioned, 5 January, 1776, Second Major of the Orange 
County Minute Men, commanded by Colonel Isaac Nicoll. He married, in October, 
1767, Juliana, daughter of Nathaniel Woodhull, born 6 April, 1736; died in April, 
1816. 

44 Daniel Miller was the donor of the land upon which the meeting-house at 
Smith's Clove was erected. His will, dated 12 February, 1799, proved the following 
month, gave lands in Ovid, Seneca County, to son Abraham, on which the latter 
then resided, and made division of other property to children Elizabeth, Nancy, 
Mary, Sally, Phebe, John, Zachariah, Daniel, Philip, Israel, William, Zebud, and 
Anthony, the youngest not yet seven years old. His executors were son Daniel and 
brother Abraham Miller. (Orange County Wills.) 

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with the smallpox ; attended a church meeting at James Miller's ; rode 
home. 

March 9. — Continued unwell, married Mobra [Mowberry] Owens 
and Mary Clark ; had a fever in the night, sweat much. 

March 10. — Not well, pain in head and neck. O what a barren 
heart! . . . O useless instrument, cold of feeling and zeal none, the 
Lord help ! 

March 14. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Romans i. 17. 

March 21. — Preached [at] Mr. Earl's, Song of Solomon v. 2. 

March 28. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Song of Solomon ii. 
io-ii. Mr. Green at my house. 

April 3. — Rode to Tim Smith's; storm of snow; [rode] to Mr. 
Miller's. 

April 4. — Preached at James Miller's, Luke xvi. 25. Preached at 
Mr. King's whose wife is dead ; rode home. 

April 5. — Set off for Waterbury. • 

April 6. — Arrived at Salem ; staid at Deacon Lewis'. 

April 7. — Preached at Mr. Baynton's, Revelation xv. 3. 

April 8. — At Salem. 

April 9. — Set off for Blooming Grove, preached in the evening 
at James Lam[b]'s. 

April 10. — Came home: family well. 

April 11. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Jeremiah viii. last; 
Luke xvi. 25. 

April 12. — Went to Colonel Strong's. 

April 13. — Spring like weather; planted peas. 

April 14. — Sent out flax to spin &c. 

April 15. — Rode over the Kill, preached at Moses Smith's, 1 Peter 
ii. 4. 

April 16. — Preached [at] Mr. Stuart's, Revelation xv. 3. 

April 17. — Rode to Shawangunk [to] Joseph Smi[th]s. 45 

"Joseph Smith was one of the constituent members of the New Shawangunk 
Church, and was appointed " reader in the absence of the minister," 7 August, 1782. 

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April 18. — Preached [at] Mr. Reeve's, 46 John iv. 24; Acts iii. 41 ; 
staid at Mr. R[eeve's]. 

April 19. — Rode to Mr. Ketcham's, 47 preached 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

April 20. — Rode to Mr. Fry's; preached Luke xiv. . . . staid 
all night ; married William Den 48 and Lucy Knap. 

April 21. — Rode to Mr. Shelse's; preached from Isaiah lxiii. 1; 
rode to Mr. Lewis' and attended presbytery. 

April 22. — Rode to Blooming Grove. 

April 2^. — Warm weather. 

April 25. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 2 Timothy ii. 15; Jere- 
miah i. 6. 

April 26. — Mr. Rose came to work here. 

April 27. — Studying &c. 

April 28. — Went to Mr. C. Coleman's, preached John iv. 24. 

April 29. — Went to Mrs. Curren's, preached Judges v. 

April 30. — Garden ploughed &c. 

May 1. — Cloudy cold day; rode to Florida. 

May 2. — Preached at Florida, Isaiah vi. 31; Luke xiv. Come &c. ; 

48 Elijah Reeve, one of the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. 
Hope. The minutes of the Congregational Church of Howells Depot (New 
Shawangunk), under above date, 18 April, 1784, notes that "Mr. Constant preached 
as a candidate ; highly approved." And on May 2, that " Mr. Shepherd preached ; 
esteemed as a promising gospel minister, but Mr. Constant bears the greatest sway 
in the minds of the people." It is probable that this religious body was in its earliest 
years Presbyterian, or acted, to some extent, with the Morris County Presbytery. 
The records of the Church make this mention of Mrs. Reeve's death : " August 6, 
1783. — Departed this life, Mary, wife of Elijah Reeve, a member of this church, 
remarkable for patience, piety, and resignation." His will, dated 13 December, 
1813, proved 20 December, 1817, shows that he married again. It mentions sons 
George Fox Reeve, Elijah Conklin Reeve, and Gabriel, and daughter Fanny New- 
kirk, the latter of whom, according to the church records, was baptized 12 
February, 1783. 

17 John Ketcham, also a trustee of the Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church. 

48 Son of William Denn, of Mamakating, Ulster County, one of the early school- 
masters of that district, and one of the legatees under his will, dated 17 December, 
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rode home to Blooming Grove; married John Hudson 49 and Mary 
Rumsey. 

May 3. — Gardening &c. 

May 4. — Studying reading &c. 

May 6. — Went to Gray Court; bought a cow of James Sayres. 
price 6-6 : went to Deacon Coleman's attended conference &c. 

May 7. — Studied &c. 

May 8. — Mr. Keep came to see me. 

May 9. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 1 John iv. 20-21. 

May 10. — At home. 

May 11. — Went to Oxford; married Josiah Sele [Seeley]. 

May 12. — Preached at James Little's, 50 1 Peter ii. 4. 

May 13. — Catechising at Mr. Hudson's, preached Ephesians 
iv. . . . 

May 14. — At home writing &c. 

May 15. — Studied. 

May 16. — Went into the Clove, preached Luke xxiii. 21. 

May 17. — Church meeting at Mr. Bell's, at which Mr. Lewis 
attended, and assisted the church to embody together. 51 

49 One of this name was collector for Cornwall in 1765, and also conveyed lands 
in Goshen Precinct to William Hudson under date 1 June, 1769. 

60 James Little, was one of the sons of Archibald Little, of Oxford, Cornwall 
Precinct, whose will executed 12 February, 1777, named wife Sarah, daughter 
Sarah, and sons James, Timothy, Archibald, Joseph, and John. The father was a 
member of the Committee of Safety in 1775, and captain of the East Orange or 
Cornwall Regiment, in which latter office he was at his death, in December, 1777, 
succeeded by Thomas Horton, also of Oxford. The son James was commissioned, 
19 September, 1775, second lieutenant of the Blooming Grove Company of Minute 
Men. He married Phebe, daughter of Reuben Youngs, of Blooming Grove, and 
died in December, 1797. 

51 It is further recorded that, " After prayer and the necessary examination, and 
the particular personal professions of union and Christian fellowship, proceeded to 
lead them into visible covenant with each other in the presence of God and before 
the world, and solemnly pronounce them a visible church of Christ." The church 
then took into consideration the choice of deacons, and after solemn exhortation 
and prayer, elected Archibald Cunningham and William Miller, Jr., who accepted 

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May 1 8. — Preached at Mr. Archers, 52 Matthew vii. 7-8; Staid at 
Timothy Smith's. 

May 19. — Rode home; rain. 

May 20. — Rode to Mr. Decker's with Mrs. Constant. 

May 21. — Reading and studying. 

May 22. — Studied ; rode to Mr. Hawkins' &c. 

May 23. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Proverbs xvii. 10; Luke 
xiv. 23. Married John Budd and Mary Hawkins. 

May 24. — Rode to Rockaway ; staid at Mr. Tuttle's. 

May 25. — Rode to Parsippany, attended presbytery at Mr. 
Grover's. 

May 26. — Attended Presbytery &c, preached at Mr. Beach's, 1 
Peter ii. 4. 

May 27. — Sat off for Blooming Grove; rode to Colonel 
Seward's. 53 

May 28. — Rode home. Blessed be God for all his mercies. 

May 29. — Studying and preparing for the Sabbath. 

May 30. — Sabbath. Rode into the Clove; preached Isaiah vi. 3 

the positions. The church then agreed to have " a stated meeting monthly for 
business, conversation, and prayer." Some of the constituent members were Wil- 
liam Miller, Jr., and wife, Archibald Cunningham and wife, James Lewis and wife, 
'Thomas Davenport and wife, Samuel Hall and wife, John Miller and wife, Timothy 
Smith and wife, Morris Pilgrim, and the wife of Alexander Archer. It was known 
as the First Presbyterian Congregation of Chesecocks. The correct orthography 
of the latter word is, however, Chesekook, probably an Algonquin word, meaning 
highlands. 

52 Archibald Archer. 

63 John Seward, born at Brookhaven, Long Island, 22 March, 1730; died at 
Hardystone, Sussex County, New Jersey, 9 December, 1797. He removed to New 
Jersey before the Revolution, at the outbreak of which he was commissioned 
captain of the Second Sussex County Regiment of militia ; lieutenant-colonel of 
the same, 20 February, 1777, and later colonel. His son, Samuel Swazey Seward, 
M.D., born 5 December, 1768; died in 1849; married Mary, daughter of Isaac 
Jennings, of Goshen; removed in 1795 to Florida, Orange County, New York, 
where he founded the Seward Institution in 1846. The latter was the father of the 
renowned statesman, Hon. William Henry Seward. 

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& i. 18. Went to William Miller Jun r .'s; preached from Romans iv. ; 
baptized Elizabeth and three others of William's children. 

May 31. — Spent the day in visiting. Bought John Seely's mare &c. 

June 1. — Went to Major Moffat. 

June 2-3. — Church meeting; attended at the meeting house. Ad- 
journed to June 28. 

June 4. — Went to Frank Brewster's. 54 

June 5. — Studying &c. 

June 6. — Preparing for the Sabbath. 

June 7. — Preached at Blooming Grove ; Proverbs xvii. ; John 
iv. 1. 

June 8. — Set out for Waterbury ; rode to Mr. Lamb's. 

June 9. — Rode to Southbury. 

June 10. — Rode home to Waterbury; found friends well &c. 

June 11. — Went to meeting, heard Mr. Cornwell preach. 

June 12. — Went to Deacon Lewis &c. 

June 13. — Shelling Corn. Studying. 

June 14. — Went to Amos Hotchkiss, 55 1 Peter ii. 4; Psalms i. 2. 

June 15. — Rode to J. Terrell's &c. 

June 16. — Reckoned with Ashael Chittenden. 56 

June 17. — Mended fence &c. 

June 18. — Rode to New Haven, [and] West Haven; staid at 
Nathaniel Smith's. 

June 19. — Went to see Mr. Williston; staid at Jesse Stephens', 

June 20. — Studied in preparation for preaching. 

64 Francis Brewster, one of the sons of John Brewster of Blooming Grove. 

(See note 26.) He married Mary, daughter of Strong. His will of 17 May, 

1802, proved 2 June following, names wife Mary, and children James, Mary, Abigail, 
wife of Floyd Howell ; Fanny, wife of John Tuthill ; and Eunice, wife of Jacob 
Carpenter. He was of Newburgh at the time of his death. 

65 Son of Captain Gideon Hotchkiss, of Waterbury, Connecticut. For descend- 
ants of, see Anderson's " History of Waterbury." 

66 Ashael Chittenden, married Anna, daughter of John Lewis, Jr., and a niece 
of Mrs. Constant. 

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June 21. — Preached at West Haven, i Peter ii. 4; John iv. 24; 
1 Timothy iv. 8. 

June 22. — Rode home to Salem. 

June 23. — Sold a cow to Capt. Bronson; reckoned with Capt. 
Lewis ; staid at Eben. Hoadley's. 

June 24. — Set off for Blooming Grove; rode to John Vickory's. 

June 25. — Rode to Mr. Lamb's, preached Luke xv. ; rode to the 
Fish Kill. 

June 26. — Rode to Blooming Grove; attended on the funeral of 
Stephen Howell. 57 

June 27. — In preparation for the Sabbath. 

June 28. — Preached at Smith's Clove, Genesis iv. 5-9; Daniel x. 
1 1 ; at Mr. Brown's, Psalms xvi. 

June 29. — Rode to Blooming Grove. 

June 30. — People came and mowed for me &c. 

July 1. — I rode to Smith's Clove; preached at Mr. Hunter's; 
attended Church meeting, led to the choice of a deacon; appointed a 
sacrament &c. 

July 2. — Visited the people and preached at King's in the Valley; 
rode home. 

July 3. — In preparation &c. stacked hay. 

July 5. — Sabbath, preached at Blooming Grove; Jeremiah li. 17; 
Luke xxiv. 36. 

July 7-8-9. — Married David Curtis 58 and Mary Coleman. 

July 10. — Staid in. 

July 11. — Rode into Smith's Clove preached from Revelation iii. 
1-2-3-4-5; staid [at] Mr. Bell's. 

July 12. — Preached at Smith's Clove, Corinthians v. 8; adminis- 

87 Stephen Howell's will of 30 March, 1779, styles him as of Cornwall Precinct, 
and makes his brother Charles Howell his sole legatee. He was a son of Hezekiah 
Howell, Esq. (See note 43.) 

58 His brothers were Silas, Amzi, and Benjamin, and his sister Hannah was the 
wife of Jesse Marvin. (See note 38.) 

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tered the Sacrament, the first that was administered in that place; 
Mr. Baldwin 59 preached in the afternoon ; rode home. 

July 13. — Rode into the Clove; staid at Mr. Brown's; married 
Jabish [Jabez] Henmon. 

July 14. — The people mowed some hay for me at Mr. Earle's. 
July 15. — Raked hay: staid at Mr. Davenport's. 
July 16. — Stacked hay &c. ; rode to the meeting house, heard Mr. 
Benedict 60 preach ; rode home. 

July 17. — Studied for the Sabbath &c. 
July 18. — Mr. Davenport. 

July 19. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Romans viii. 1 ; adminis- 
tered the Sacrament ; baptized Hannah Curtis ; preached from Exodus 
xii. 26. 

— Rain ; went to Mr. Chandler's. 
— Went to see Mrs. Brewster, conversed with her &c. 
— Went to Florida. 
— Rode from Florida to Blooming Grove. 

Studied &c. 
— Preparing for the Sabbath. 
— Preached in the Clove, Proverbs xxiii. 23 ; Zachariah 

Huff's, Galatians ii. 20. 
— Rode to Mr. Wilkes ; to John Jones. 
— Rode home to Blooming Grove; Mr. Bradner at my 

. — Mowed my grass at John B.'s. 

-Rode to Bethlehem [to] Ketchamtown; married Ben- 
jamin Eaton and Elizabeth Nelson; Peter White and Sarah Smith; 
staid at Mr. Smith's. 

69 Rev. David Baldwin, who succeeded Mr. Constant as pastor to the Smith's 
Clove Congregation. He died in 1806, and according to his will, proved 6 October 
of that year, left widow Mary, son David Alanson Baldwin, and daughters Urana 
Minton and Eunice Little. (Orange County Wills.) 

60 Rev. Joel Benedict, D.D. (1745-1816), of Salem, Westchester County, New 
York, of whom, see Benedict Genealogy. 

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July 31. — Took breakfast with Esquire Clark. Rode home. 

August 1. — Studied for the Sabbath. 

August 2. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 1 Peter i. 8; 1 Kings 
xviii. 21 ; at Mrs. Currin's, Psalms xvi. 

August 3. — Hot morning; went to Esq. Strong's. 

August 4. — Very hot weather; went to Mr. Bradley's. 

August 5. — At home, studying &c. 

August 6. — Went to Mr. Helme's, married Benjamin McManners 
& Rachel Smith. 

August 7. — Spent the Day mostly in study, went to Mr. Herd's &c. 

August 8. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

August 9. — Rode to Smith's Clove, preached at Isaac Horton's, 61 
1 Timothy i. 6; Job vii. 16; staid at Mr. Tricke's. 

August 10. — Preached at Asa Vial's, 62 Proverbs xiii. 20; staid at 
Mr. Archer's. 

August 11. — Preached at the widow Gray's, Revelation iii. 20; 
rode home. 

August 12. — At home, studying &c. 

August 13. — Studying. 

August 14. — Studying. 

August 15. — In preparation for &c. 

August 16. — Preached at Blooming Grove, preached from Psalms 
xxviii. 22; Proverbs iv. 18. 

August 17. — At home most of the day. ******* 



81 Isaac Horton' was a grandson of Barnabas Horton, of note 36, the son 
of his son Barnabas. He married Anne, daughter of Job Sayre, and died in 
March, 1804. 

62 The pioneers of the Vail family in Orange County were Josiah, who married 
Patience Corwin, and settled in the Walkill; Samuel, Benjamin, and William, who 
settled in Goshen Precinct. Of these, William resided near the present Chester 
Academy. His sons were William, Abraham, Benjamin, and Asa of the text. The 
latter married Sarah Denton, and by his will of 2 March, 1813, proved 9 March of 
the same year, named wife Sarah and children Asa, Ira, William, Eton J., Daniel, 
Benjamin, Simeon, Hannah, Irene, and Sarah Conklin. 

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August 1 8. — Rode to the river, preached at Esq r Clarks, Luke 
iv. ii. 

August 19. — Rode home to Blooming Grove, &c. 

August 20. — Rode to Chester to Mr. Conner's, preached Hebrews 
xii. 2. 

August 21. — Attended congregational meeting, preached Hebrews 
x. 24. 

August 22. — Studied &c. 

August 23. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Galatians vi. 10; Job 
vii. 16. 

August 24. — Rode over the Walkill, preached at Mr. Mecor's 63 
Job vii. 16. 

August 25. — Preached at Mr. Stuard's, Luke * * * * 

August 26. — Rode to Mr. Fry's, attended Divine service rode to 
Mr. Reeve's; staid all night; Capt. Lewis came to see me. 

August 27. — Rode, preached at Mr. Reeve's 2 Timothy ii. 15. 

August 28. — At home. Capt. Lewis and Eben. Hoadley set off 
homeward ; studying &c. 

August 29. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Ephesians iii. 16; 
Psalms xxxix. 11. 

August 30. — At Major Moffatt's. 64 

August 31. — Mr. Lewis came to see me, staid all night. 

September 1. — Went to Mr. Stuards, Halseys, &c. 

63 Benjamin Meeker, of Goshen Precinct. He executed his will 4 June, 1788, 
which was proved 4 August, 1790. His heirs therein named were grandchildren 
Benjamin Meeker Baily, Ann Baily, and Job Smith's daughters Hannah, Anne, 
and Lois. (Orange County Wills.) 

64 Thomas Moffat, who was commissioned, 19 September, 1775, captain of the 
Blooming Grove Company of Orange County Minute Men. He was also a mem- 
ber of the Committee of Safety, and clerk of Orange County from 1778 to 1794. 
It is probable that he was a son of Samuel Moffat, of Cornwall Precinct, who, by 
will of 28 December, 1780, made his son Thomas executor. One Thomas Moffat 
married Deborah, daughter of Anselm Helms, of Blooming Grove. He died in 
1827, arid his brother-in-law, Brewster Helms, administered on his estate in October 
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September 2. — Went to Deacon Cole, preached Galatians ii. 20. 

September 3. — At Mr. Chandler's, &c. 

September 4. — Studying &c. 

September 5. — Preached at Smith's Clove, Hosea iv. 1 ; 1 John ii. 
28; at Richard Wilks' 65 Psalms xxii. 6. 

September 6. — Went to Mr. Brown's; to Esq r Cuningham's. 

September 7. — Preached at Jonathan Archer's, Jeremiah x. 14-15; 
at Mr. T. Sayre's, 1 Peter ii. 5. 

September 8. — At Florida, [preached from] Revelation xv. 3 ; 
staid at Mr Lewis's ; monthly meeting. 

September 9. — Went to Mr. Meeker's over the Kills; heard 
Mr. Lewis preach, gave a word of exhortation; rode to Blooming 
Grove. 

September 10. — Studying, went to Mr. Halsey's. 

September 11. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

September 12. — Preached at Blooming Grove, John ix. 39; 2 Co- 
rinthians iii. 12. 

September 13. — Married James Rumsey 66 [and] Marthy Horton. 

September 19. — Preached at Blooming Grove. 

September 21. — Mr. Kelley came to see me; rode to Mr. Hor- 
ton's ; he preached. 

September 22. — Staid in that neighborhood, visited &c. ; attended 
meeting at Mr. Henmon's ; Mr. Kelley preached &c. ; rode home. 

September 23. — Rode to Mrs. Curren's, preached from Peter ii. 

September 24. — Studying; visiting &c. 

65 Richard Wilks, of Monroe, described in his will of 5 April, 1810, as " weak in 
body," and in which he named as legatees wife Anna, children Richard L., James, 
John, Zachariah, Lawrence, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Nancy, Catharine, Mary, and 
Henrietta, giving to son Lawrence the lands on which he then lived and which had 
belonged to his father, James Wilkes. He died between the 5th and 14th of April, 
1810. (Orange County Wills.) 

66 One of this name was commissioned first lieutenant of the militia of Haver- 
straw Precinct, Orange (now Rockland) County, 16 February, 1776. ("New York 
in the Revolution.") 

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September 25. — Studying &c. ; preached Mr. Sw . . ny's funeral 
sermon Genesis iii. 

September 26. — Rode into the Clove; preached, Galatians iii. 13; 
Song of Solomon, Rise up &c. ; in the evening at Mr. Brown's John 
ix. 39. 

September 27. — At Mr. Cuningham's, [preached] 2 Timothy. 

September 28. — Rode home. 

September 29. — Preached Mr. Howell's 6T funeral Sermon, Luke 
xxiii., Weep not for me &c. ; rode to Samel Ketchams 68 &c. 

September 30. — Rode to David Sands; traded on Mr. George 
Brown's account 2-1 5-; rode home &c. ; father Lewis came to see 
me &c. 

October 1. — Mr. Green came to see me. 

October 2. — Studied &c. Mrs. Constant sick. 

October 3. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Galatians iv. 4-5, Ro- 
mans viii., " If you live after" &c. 

October 4. — Rode to Isaac Bower's. 

October 5. — Rode to Deacon Coleman's &c. 

October 6. — At home &c. 

October 7. — Mrs. Constant somewhat better. 

October 8. — Studying &c. 

October 9. — In preparation for the Sabbath. 

October 10. — Preached in Smith's Clove, Hosea Proverbs 

; rode to John Garner's, preached Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

October 11. — Rode home; married Jeremiah Stiver and Sarah 
Thorp ; Mrs. Constant more sick. 

67 See note 41. 

68 Samuel Ketcham, the founder of the Ketcham family in Cornwall Precinct, 
was a large landholder, and operated an early grist-mill. His will of 21 January, 
1807, calls him "of considerable age," and makes bequests to his son Benjamin, 
grandson Samuel, son of Joseph, grandson Nathaniel Ketcham, and to daughters 
Anna, wife of Richard Allison, and Mary, wife of John Ketcham. His son Samuel, 
who predeceased him, and his sons Joseph and Benjamin settled near him, and the 
district was called Ketchamtown, since changed to Mountainville. 

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October 12 

October 13 

preached. 

October 14 

at Ben. Turtle's 

October 15 

October 16 

October 17 

ii. 1. 

October 18 

October 19 

October 20 

October 21 

October 22 

October 23 

October 24 

4 ; rode home. 

October 25 

him. 

October 26 



—At home &c. 

—Monthly meeting at my house; Mr. Shepherd 

—Mr. Lewis rode to Mr. Goldsmith's &c. — preached 
69 rode home with me &c. 
—Mrs. Constant more sick. 
—Studying &c. 



-Preached at Blooming Grove, Proverbs 



Luke 



-Mrs. Constant very sick &c. 
— The Doctor came to see her ; staid all night. 
— She remained very bad. 
— Somewhat better. 
— Little time to study. 
— Studied for the Sabbath &c. 
— Preached at Smith's Clove, 2 Kings 1 Peter ii. 

— Father Lewis went home, rode to the river with 

— Went [to] Homer Helme's. 



69 Henry Tuthill 1 , of Tharston, County Norfolk, England, by his wife Alice had 

Henry 2 , baptized at Tharston, 28 June, 1612, who married in England Bridget , 

and emigrated first to Hampton, Massachusetts, and thence to Southold, Long 
Island. His eldest son John 3 , born probably in England, 16 July, 1635, married 
(1) Deliverance, daughter of William and Deborah King, by whom he had John*, 
born 14 February, 1658; died 21 November, 1754; married Mehitable, daughter of 
William Wells. The latter was justice of the peace for Southold, member of the 
Provincial Assembly of New York, 1693-98, and High Sheriff. His sons were John 5 , 
James, Joshua, Daniel, and Freegift, and of these, Freegift and James removed to 
Orange County, where they died and where their descendants still remain. James 5 , 
born circa 1685-86, had sons Daniel 6 , James, John, and Benjamin, the latter, he 
of the text, whose will, dated 7 January, 1795, proved 2 December, 1807, gives 
legatees as follows : sons Jesse and Job ; daughters Elizabeth, Ann, Ruth, Juliana, 
Mercy, and Susanna, wife of William Hudson, Jr. ; and brother John Tuthill. (For 
further particulars of the Tuthill Family, see New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Record, vol. xxix. 123-127, 215-220.) 

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October 27. — At home part of the Day ; went to James Sayre's 70 
&c ; Deacon Coleman came to see me. 

October 28. — Went to Captain Woodhull's. 

October 29. — At home. Doctor Austin 71 came here &c. 

October 30. — Studied &c. 

October 31. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Song of Solomon iv. 
12, Isaiah lxiii. 1, " traveling in the greatness of his strength." 

November 1. — Rode to Bill Secaly's [and] Nathan Marvin's. 72 

November 2. — Mr. Secaly came to see me and brought me an 
horse to buy. 

November 3. — Rainy weather. 

November 4. — Preached at Mr. Corwin's, Hebrews iii. 6. 

November 5. — Rode into the Clove, preached at C. Reynolds, 
Hebrews iii. 6 ; Church meeting ; Elizabeth Davenport was examined. 

November 6. — Rode to Mr. Brown's [and] Mr. Davenport's ; staid 
all night. 

70 The Sayres of Orange County descend from the early settlers of that name 
in Southampton, Long Island. The brothers Thomas and Job Sayre, copartners of 
Mr. Edward Howell in the settlement of Southampton, were sons of Francis Sears 
and Elizabeth Atkins, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire (married 15 November, 
1591), and their baptisms are recorded on the parish register of that place. James 
Sayre, of the text, married Susanna, daughter of Ebenezer Seely, of Goshen Pre- 
cinct, by whom he had James, Job, Ebenezer, Elizabeth, Susanna, Hannah, and Mary. 
He died in April, 1788. One of this name practised law in the courts of Orange 
County as early as 1770, and one James Sayre was commissioned, 18 August, 1778, 
first lieutenant of the Light Horse Company of Blooming Grove, Cornwall Precinct. 
(For information on this family, see Sayre Genealogy.) 

71 Eusebius Austin, of Goshen. 

" A son, probably the eldest, of Nathan Marvin by his wife Hannah Betts. He 
served in the Revolution as ensign in Captain Archibald Little's Company of 
Orange County militia, and was promoted, 31 March, 1777, second lieutenant in the 
same company. He married Mary, daughter of David Marvin, and died in 1805, 
leaving, according to his will, probated 23 February of that year, wife Mary, chil- 
dren David, Jesse, Nathan, James, Samuel, Stephen, Daniel, and Elijah, Mary Mc- 
Dowell, Jemima, Rachel, and Elizabeth, and grandchildren Maria Olivia and Hannah 
Brewster, daughters of daughter Hannah. (For earlier generations of this Marvin 
family, see New England Genealogical and Historical Register, xvi. 250-254.) 

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November 7. — Preached [at] Smith's Clove, Ephesians ii. 16; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament &c; rode to John Saterley's 73 baptized two 
of his children ; rode home. 

November 8. — Attended the funeral of Obed. Helms' child, 74 
preached 2 Kings iv. 26. 

November 9. — Rode to Oxford, [to] James Sayre's. 

November 10. — Rode into the Clove, attended monthly meeting; 
Mr. Bradner preached ; staid at Mr. Bell's. 

November 11. — Rode to Mr. Brown's; Mr. Lewis preached at 
John Lamoreux's ; 75 staid at Mr. Brown's. 

November 12. — Rode to David Lancaster's, Mr. Lewis preached; 
rode home. 

November 13. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

November 14. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Psalms xxxv. 7; 
Ixxiii. 18. 

November 15. — Attended the funeral of Mrs. Howell, 76 preached 
from Genesis. 

November 16. — Went to Coleman Curtis'; Phebe Denton came 
here &c. 

73 John Satterly, of Blooming Grove, " miller," made his will, 3 November, 
1810, which was proved 13 May, 181 1. His heirs were wife Theodosia and children 
Cynthia, Joseph, Abigail, Curtis, Mary Howell, James, William, and John. The 
Satterly Mills, six miles south of Washingtonville, on the Schunemunk, in Bloom- 
ing Grove, were operated as early as 1765, probably by Nathaniel Satterly, who 
was justice of the peace for that district in 1778 and a member of the Orange 
County Committee of Safety in 1775. The Satterlys were from Brookhaven, Long 
Island, of which their ancestor William Satterly had been one of the founders in 
1655- 

74 Obadiah Helms, private in Captain Seth Marvin's company, Colonel Samuel 
Drake's regiment of Orange County militia, and entered on roll of 6 November, 
1776. (" New York in the Revolution.") 

75 John Lamoreux, of Smith's Clove, in his will of 31 December, 1808, described 
himself as " of considerable age," and named children Jane, Elizabeth, Charity, 
Martha, Phebe, Susanna, Hannah, Thomas, John, Robert, Joshua B., and Isaac. 
(Orange County Wills.) 

74 Mrs. Susanna Howell, wife of Hezekiah Howell, Sr. (See note 41.) 

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•18. — Rainy weather, Mr. Green came to see me; 

— Rode to Kekaat ; 77 staid at Mr. Coos. 78 

— Rode to Crompond ; 79 staid over the Sabbath. 

— Preached 1 Peter ii. 4; Galatians iii. 13; Revela- 

— Rode to Mr. Camp's ; staid all night. 
— Rode to Waterbury ; 80 found friends well. 
— Doing business with friends. 
— Ditto; went to see Mr. Fowler. 

Rainy weather ( prevented ) . 
—Went to Mr. Hancock's &c. . 

Preached at Salem, Luke xiv. 17. 
—Rode to Mr. Ephraim Nicoll's. 
— Rode home, found family well. 
-At home ; cooking souse &c. ; killing beef &c. 
December 2. — Rainy weather; St. John carried beef to Mr. 
Smith's &c. 160 cwt. 

December 3. — At home studying &c. 
December 4 & 5. — Studying for the Sabbath Day. 
December 6. — Rode into Smith's Clove; preached at Isaac Hor- 
ton's, Matthew iii. 12 ; in the evening [at] Ebenezer Stephens, John ix. 
31 ; staid at Joseph Stephens. 

December 7. — Rode home after visiting some families. 
December 8. — Mr. Helme came to cut wood for me; rode to 
Florida ; spoke for a sleigh at Mr. Juson's. 

December 9. — Rode over the Kill to monthly meeting, Mr. Shep- 
herd preached and Mr. Lewis. 

77 Kakiate, in what is now Rockland County. 

78 John D. Coe, who for many years kept a store and inn at Kakiate. 
78 A village of Yorktown, in Westchester County. 

80 Two routes led from Blooming Grove to Waterbury, one by New Windsor 
and Fishkill, the other through Rockland County by Kakiate, Haverstraw, King's 
Ferry, Peekskill, and Crompond. 

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December 10. — Rode to Mr. Silas Stewart; 81 preached from i 
Peter ii. 4 ; rode to Mr. Shepherd's ; married William Shepherd and 
Abigail . 

December 1 1 . — Rode home ; brought a colt that I have bargained 
for of Mr. Lewis; staid at Goshen, and heard sentence passed on a 
criminal &c. 

December 12. — Studied for the Sabbath. 

December 13. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Ezekiel xxvi. 25-27. 

December 14. — Went to Mr. Moffat's; Snyder's &c. 

December 15. — Rode to Oxford; visited [at] Josiah Seely's; 82 
conversed with them about their soul ; found great inattention ; called 
at Col. Marvin's; went to James Little's, preached Matthew ii. 5 ; con- 
versed with some of the people in the evening; went to Mr. John 
Seely's; 82 conversed on the Doctrine of Election, and the necessity of 
faith and repentance; staid at Mr. Little's. 

81 Mr. Silas Stewart was a son of James Stewart, an early settler in Wawayanda. 
James Stewart, Sr., James Stewart, Jr., and Silas Stewart appear as members at 
the reincorporation of the Presbyterian Congregation west of Drowned Lands, in 
the town of Minnesink, in . 

82 The Seelys of Orange County descend from Robert Seeley, of Watertown, 
Massachusetts, who was a passenger in the fleet with Winthrop, and who took the 
oath of allegiance, 18 May, 1630. He removed to Connecticut, where he was second 
in command under Captain John Mason in the Pequod War, and one of the signers 
of the original agreement entered into by the first settlers of New Haven in 1639. 
He settled finally at Huntington, Long Island, where he was at the head of the 
militia force. Josiah and John Seely, of the text, were brothers, and the sons of 
Ebenezer Seely, of Goshen Precinct, who, in his will, dated 16 May, 1763, probated 
7 March, 1767, made bequests to wife Eunice, sons John, Bezael, Israel, Josiah, and 
Nathaniel, daughters Mercy Bartlett and Susina Sayre, and grandchildren Bezael, 
Ebenezer, Mercy, Hannah, William, Jonas, Thadeus, Elizabeth, Hannah, Susanna, 
Sarah, and Mary. The grandson William Seely is frequently referred to by Mr. 
Constant, and the records of Orange County show that on 9 April, 1777, he " suf- 
fered by fire the loss of his house with almost all the household furniture, together 
with all his writings, deeds, etc." Josiah Seely, above, made his will 2 July, 1802, 
and named wife Abigail, children Josiah, Jonas, Susanna, Mary, Martha, Ebenezer, 
and Henry, and granddaughters Abigail McLaughlin and Joanna Seely. The wife 
Abigail was the daughter of Henry Smith, to whom he was married by Mr. Con- 
stant, 11 May, 1784. This was doubtless a second marriage. He died in August, 

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December 16. — Went to Mr. Samuel Hacket's; conversed with his 
wife and children about the Kingdom of Heaven; went to Nathan 
Mead's, conversed with him, his wife and children about the kingdom 
&c. ; went to Mr. Sayre's conversed with him and his wife about their 
souls' true interest &c. ; went to Mr. Silas Benjamin's and home; mar- 
ried Henry Youngs 83 [and] Elizabeth Rumsey. 

December 17. — Attended the funeral of Mr. Nicoll's son; 
preached in the evening at Deacon Coleman's, Matthew ii. 5 ; and 
home. 

December 18. — Rode to Mr. Chandler's. 

December 19. — In preparation for the Sabbath; rode to Mr. 
James Lewis' and William Miller's ; staid all night. 

December 20. — Preached at Smith's Clove, 1 Corinthians v. 17; 
at William Miller's in the evening, Matthew ii. 5. 

December 21. — Rode to Samuel Hall's; to John Garner's; 
preached at Jonathan Archer's ; staid all night. 

December 22. — Preached at Capt. Holbart's; Romans viii. 13; 
rode home. 

December 23. — At home, preached at Blooming Grove 1 Thessa- 
lonians ii. 12. 

December 24. — Studying; sore throat. 

December 25. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

1808. John Seely, brother of Josiah, died in February, 1796, leaving children Ebene- 
zer, Elizabeth, Abigail, James, John, and Thadeus, to three of whom, Ebenezer, 
James, and Thadeus, he gave lands in Romulus, Oneida County, New York. 

83 Henry Youngs, grandfather of Henry of the text, was an early settler in. 
Goshen Precinct, where he was captain of a troop of horse for Orange County, 20 
June, 1738, and where he died in September, 1743, survived by wife Ruth, sons 
Henry and Birdsey, daughter Ruth, and brothers Abimal and Selah. The son, 
Henry Youngs, married Abigail, daughter of Barnabas Horton, and had but two 
children, Henry and Eunice, to whom by will of 23 February, 1767, he left his 
" home farm land in Connecticut government in New England." The latter Henry 
is he of the text. His will, dated 14 October, 1803, proved 30 January, 1804, named 
wife Elizabeth and children Henry, Hiram, Oliver, Mary, Eunice, and Juliana. 
(Orange County Wills.) 

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December 26. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 2 Kings x. 1 5 ; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament &c. ; in the evening preached at widow 
Strong's, Luke ii. 10-14; unwell. 

December 27. — At home ; hard cold and head-ache ; read Fisher's 
Marrow of Divinity. 

December 28. — Rode to Deacon Coleman's and Mr. Hudson's. 

December 29. — [Rode] to Mr. Munnel's, Sayre's, Seely's, Mar- 
vin's &c. 

December 30. — Rode to Smith's Clove; fast day; preached from 
2 Kings x. 1 5 ; rode home. 

December 3 1 . — At home ; studied. 

Thus have I finished the year 1784, since the birth of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. — Ah how little have I done for God since the last year 
commenced. My heart is Barren ; little progress in knowledge. 

1785 

January 1. — May God give wisdom to serve him better than ever 
before, and make this year to be remembered for the glorious things 
that shall be done by his power and grace. At home studying &c. 

January 2. — Went into the Clove; at James Miller's; preaching 
in the evening [at] Samuel Hall's, Proverbs iv. 5-8. 

January 3. — Rode home; by Oxford. 

January 4. — At Mr. Halsey's. 

January 5. — Rode to Mr. Gray's; married John King 84 and Mar- 
garet Gray ; went to Mr. N. Marvin's, 85 staid all night. 

84 John King, the original settler of the King name in Orange County, arrived 
there in 1761, and took up land at Gray Court Meadow, and was one of the early 
members of the Presbyterian Church at Chester. Besides John of the text, he 
had Joseph, Peter, and Susan. John King, Jr., was born 4 November, 1757, and 
died 13 February, 1844. Shortly after his marriage he settled on a part of the 
Wawayanda Patent, in Sugar Loaf Valley. By his wife, Margaret Gray, born 10 
May, 1760; died 19 January, 1834, he had James, Abel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jonas, 
Ezra, and Juliana. 

85 Nathan Marvin. (See note 72.) 

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January 6. — Rode home; went to Mr. Curren's to meeting; home; 
Enos Ears 86 finished my sleigh tackling. 

January 7. — At home; studying &c &c. 

January 8. — At home ; Sol. Coleman * * * * 

January 9. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew iii. 12; at 
Mr. Halseys, Proverbs iv. 5-6. 

January 10. — Went to Mr. Manner's; spoke to the people, on the 
death of his Son; went to Esq r Whites, 87 preached Galatians iii. 13. 

January 11. — Went to William Seely's; preached 1 Kings xviii. 
21 ; staid at B. Horton's. 

January 12. — Rode to Mr. Lewis'; monthly meeting, preached 
Hebrews xii. 2. 

January 13. — Rode home &c. 

January 14. — At home; studying &c. ; killed hogs, &c. 

January 15. — Rode into Smith's Clove; preached 1 Kings xviii. 21 ; 
in the evening at G. Brown's, Matthew ii. 5. This, I call my birthday. 

January 16. — Rode home after visiting some families. 

January 17. — Sent St. John to Florida; visited the School &c. 

January 18. — Invited some people to get wood. 

January 19. — People came to get wood &c. ; rode in the evening 
to Mr. Curren's; began to Explain the Epistle of Paul to the Romans. 

January 20. — Bought Leonard Tuttle's horse ; studying and read- 
ing Giles' History &c ; Mr. Lewis came to see me ; staid all night. 

January 21. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

January 22. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew viii. 

January 23. — At home, visiting &c. 

86 Doubtless Enos Ayres, as one of this name was of Cornwall Precinct in 
January, 1782, and probably a nephew of the Rev. Enos Ayres, pastor of the Bloom- 
ing Grove Presbyterian Church from 1759 until his death in 1762, and in which 
office he was succeeded by the Rev. Abner Reeve, father of the celebrated Judge 
Reeve, founder of the Litchfield Law School. 

87 Sylvanus White, Jr., born at Southampton, Long Island, 19 July, 1730, mar- 
ried, 10 October, 1754, Eunice Herrick, and soon after marriage settled at Blaggs 
Clove, Blooming Grove. His children were Phebe, who married Anselm Helme, 
Sylvanus, Eunice, and Nathan Herrick. 

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January 24. — At home, sore eyes which prevent reading. 

January 25. — Preached at John Saterly's, Acts xvi. 30. 

January 26. — Rode to Mr. Goldsmith's [and] Deacon Colemans; 
in the evening expounded at Mrs. Curren's. 

January 27. — Pleasant morning. 

January 28.— Went to Mr. Tuttle's. ****** 

January 29. — Studying forenoon ; went into the Clove ; staid [at] 
Mr. Brown's. 

January 30. — Preached at Mr. Earl's Ephesians iv. 8 ; in the even- 
ing [at] William Miller's, Romans i. 17-8. 

January 31. — Rode home &c. 

February 1 . — Stormy day of snow. 

February 2. — Cleared; cold; rode to Mr. Moffat's. 

February 3. — Studying; rode to Deacon Coleman's; expounded 
on Romans 1 Chapter. 

February 4. — Rode to the Clove; staid at John Garner's. 

February 5. — Rode home; studying &c. ; St. John drove home a 
cow. 

February 6. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew xix. 6; in 

the evening [at] John Brewster's, Zachariah ii. 4; to the young 

people. 

February 8. — Married Peter Miller 88 [and] N. Miller; rode to 
Mrs. Howell's ; to Colonel Woodhull's ; 89 married John Floid 90 [and] 
Sarah Woodhull. 

88 A son, probably the youngest, of Henry Miller, of New Cornwall, whose will, 
probated 2 June, 1769, named sons John, William, Henry, James, Benjamin, Jesse, 
and Peter, daughters Rebecca and Mary, and wife Margaret. 

89 Jesse Smith Woodhull, son of Nathaniel Woodhull, of Mastic, Long Island, 
by his wife Sarah Smith, born 10 February, 1732; died 4 February, 1795, was 
graduated at Yale in 1752. He removed to Orange County, where he was the most 
prominent figure of his day, and where he was commissioned colonel of the county 
militia, 15 September, 1775. He was also president of the New York Provincial 
Congress, 1776; member of New York Council of Appointment, 1777! an d member 
of New York Senate, 1 777-1 780. He married, in 1753, Hester, daughter of Lewis 
Dubois, by whom he had Sarah of the text, born 9 September, 1763. 

80 General John Floyd, born 2 February, 1764; died 17 April, 1826, was fifth in 

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February 9. — Rode to Shawangunk to Mr. R's ; attended monthly 
meeting. 

February 10. — Went to Mr. Ketcham's, heard Mr. Lewis preach 
1 Corinthians xiii. 13; rode home to Blooming Grove, Mr. Green 
came home with me. 

February 11. — Went to Mr. Chandler's [and] Mr. R's. 

February 12. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

February 13. — Rode into the Clove; preached at J. Miller's, Eze- 
kiel xviii. last ; attended at Mr. Miller's, Mr. Green preached. 

February 14. — Went to Mr. Huff's, preached from Matthew xx. 
6 ; went to George Brown's, Mr. Green preached Matthew x. 5. 

February 15. — Rode to George Coleman's, 91 Mr. Green preached; 
rode to Mr. Ketcham's ; preached in the evening Revelation iii. 20. 

February 16. — Preached in the forenoon, Matthew xx. 6; rode 
home. 

February 17. — Mr. Green rode home, Joseph went home with him 
&c. ; went to Mr. Hudson's, expounded on the first chapter of Romans. 

February 18. — Pleasant weather; studying; reading; studying. 

February 19. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Ezekiel xxxiii. n; 
in the evening at Mr. Halsey's Psalms cxix. 9 ; David Reynolds 92 
came to my house. 

decent from Richard Floyd, the first settler of the Floyd name in New York, whose 
son Richard 2 married Margaret, sister of William Nicoll, the patentee of the great 
Islip estate. Nicoll 3 Floyd, son of Richard 2 , married Tabitha, daughter of Jonathan 
Smith, of Smithtown, by whom he had Ruth, Tabitha, Colonel William, signer of 
the Declaration of Independence, Nicoll, Charles, father of John above, who 
married Margaret Thomas, and Charity. By this marriage with Sarah Woodhull, 
John Floyd had Hester, Jesse, and Sarah. He married, second, Elizabeth Blyden- 
burg. (Pelletrean's "Records of Smithtown, Long Island.") 

91 George Coleman, of Monroe, executed his will 3 August, 1825, proved 12 
December, 1831, and named children Stephen, Philip, Frances Brown, and grandson 
George Coleman. (Orange County Wills.) 

82 David Reynolds, of Cornwall Precinct, was commissioned, 9 November, 1775, 
first lieutenant of the Cornwall Company of militia under Captain Samuel Raymond. 
His will of 11 January, 1782, proved 12 February, 1790, leaves property to wife Mary 
and children James, Joseph, Henry, Reuben, Elizabeth, and Sarah. 

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February 20. — Went to Mr. Benjamin Gray's, Bradley's &c. 

February 22. — At home, reading &c. Mrs. Constant unwell. 

February 23. — Went to Oxford preached at James Little's, Ro- 
mans ii. 4. 

February 24. — Stormy day of snow. 

February 25. — Rode to Captain Marvin's; 93 Col. Marv[in's]. 94 

February 26. — At home studying &c. 

February 27. — Rode into the Clove, preached at Capt. Smith's 95 
Hebrews x. 26-7; at Mr. Miller's 96 in the evening, 1 Peter v. 8; 
married John Smith and Katy Miller; staid all night. 

February 28. — Rode home to Blooming Grove. 

March 1. — Pleasant morning; rode to Mr. Renner's, Mr. Lewis 
preached; rode to John Wood's, preached in the evening, Matthew 
xx. 6. 

March 2. — Rode to Mr. Hood's; preached Revelation iii. 20; 
rode to Mr. Archer's, 97 Mr. Lewis preached in the evening, Ephesians 
v. 14; staid all night. 

March 3. — Rode to Mr. Gray's, preached from Song of Solomon 
viii. 2 ; rode home. 

March 4. — Went to Anse[lm] Helme's 98 &c. ; studying &c. 

93 Captain Seth Marvin. (See note 11.) 

94 Colonel Elihu Marvin. (See note 11.) 

95 Francis Smith, son of James Smith, of Smithtown, by his wife Jerusha Top- 
ping, was born, probably at Smithtown, 4 January, 1733, and died at Woodbury or 
Smith's Clove, 11 May, 1785. Both he and his brother Austin, or Arie, were cap- 
tains in the Orange County militia during the Revolution, the former of the 
Woodbury Clove company, the latter of the Pond company, Haverstraw Precinct 
Regiment. He is said to have married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Smith, Jr., of 
the " Rock" Smith family, and she may be the widow Smith referred to May 16, 1785. 

"William Miller. (See note 23.) 

97 Jonathan Archer, of Monroe, by will dated 9 April, 1815, proved 10 May, 
182 1, named children Jonathan, Caleb, James, Miriam, Migle, heirs of daughter 
Elizabeth, deceased, heirs of son William, deceased, grandson Jefferson Archer, 
and wife Mary Ann. 

98 Anselm Helme was born at Setauket, Long Island, 8 July, 1750, and died at 
Blooming Grove, to which he had removed at the outbreak of the Revolution, 

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March 5. — Studying in preparation for the Sabbath &c. 

March 6. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Daniel, last ; to the chil- 
dren, Matthew xix. 14. 

March 7. — At home &c. 

March 8. — Studying, reading &c. 

March 9. — Monthly meeting; Mr. Lewis preached. 

March 10. — Mr. Lewis preached at Andrew Stuart's; Mr. Green 
at Mrs. Curren's. 

March 11. — Mr. Lewis preached at Barney Horton's. 

March 12. — Unwell with a bad cold. 

March 13. — Studying &c. 

March 14. — Stormy weather, Sabbath day; rode into the Clove; 
preached at J. Millers, Proverbs xvii. 16; went to Mr. Robertsons &c. 

March 15. — Went to Mr. Huff's; preached, Romans iii. 23; reck- 
oned with the people in Smith's Clove; went to Tim[othy] Smith's, 
preached Philippians iv. 6-7. 

March 16. — Went to Warwick, Mr. Lewis preached [at] Esq re 

Burt's; 99 rode to Willet Decay's 100 preached 1 Peter ii. 9; staid all 

night ; home with bad cold. 

9 December, 1824. He married, 3 February, 1778, Phebe, daughter of Sylvanus 
White, Esq., of Blooming Grove, by whom he had Ruth, Eunice, Brewster, Phebe, 
Mary, Deborah, Nathan W., and Joseph W. Of his daughters, Ruth married 
Samuel Denniston ; Eunice, Samuel Strong ; Phebe, Joseph Decker ; Mary, Apolos 
Halsey; and Deborah, Thomas Moffat. 

09 Daniel Burt was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, 8 July, 1716, and died at 
Warwick, New York, 18 January, 1810. About 1760 he located at Bellevale, in 
Warwick, where he erected flour- and saw-mills. He married Hannah Benedict, 
by whom he had' Phebe, Daniel, Martha, Hannah, Ruth, Lydia, Sarah, Esther, Anna, 
and James, the latter of whom was born in Orange County, 25 October, 1760. 

100 The proper spelling of the name is De Kay. Thomas De Kay, of Orange 
County, names in his will of 15 December, 1757, wife Christiana, sons Jacobus, 
Thomas, William Willet, Michael, and Charles ; heirs of son George, deceased ; 
daughters Sarah Arnold, Jenny Morris, Christiana Gale, Elizabeth, Mary, Hilio, 
and Frances; also granddaughter Frances Sackett. (New York Calendar of Wills.) 

Thomas De Kay, the testator and eldest child of Jacob De Kay by his wife 
Sarah, daughter of Colonel Thomas Willett, was baptized 4 December, 1696. (New 
York Dutch Church Records.) 

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March 17. — Rode to John Perry's in New Jersey; preached 
Philippians iv. 6-7. 

March 18. — Rode to Mr. Allison's, 101 preached Matthew xx. 6; 
Mr. Lewis 102 preached; rode [to] Mr. Lewis's; unwell. 

March 19. — Rode home; family well, but not so myself. 

March 20. — Head-ache; studying for the Sabbath &c. 

March 21. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Hosea last. 

March 21. — At home in the forenoon, rode to Bethlehem, married 
Joseph Wiron and Sarah Linch. 

March 22. — Rode to Oxford; to Munnel's, Howell's, and Man- 
ners ; Mr. Green came to see me. 

March 23. — Rode to Mr. Strong's, [and to] Mr. Curtis's, preached 
at Mr. Rayner's 1 Timothy vi. 6. 

March 24. — Went to Deacon Coleman's [and to Mr.] Helme's; 
Explained on Romans ii. 1-5. 

March 25. — At home till evening; rode to James Sayre's; attended 
catechising. 

March 26. — Studying, then rode to Peter Earl's, 103 [to] Lewis's 
[and to] Benjamin Earl's; 103 preached Philippians iv. 6-J. 

101 The Allisons of Warwick, Goshen, and Haverstraw are treated of in the 
Allison Genealogy. Of this family the most prominent was William Allison, of 
Goshen, who was commissioned brigadier-general of the brigade formed by Alli- 
son's, Woodhull's, and Hathorn's regiments, 4 April, 1782. " Mr. Allison" of the 
text is doubtless General Allison's brother Joseph. 

102 The Rev. Amzi Lewis, pastor of the United Congregations of Warwick and 
Florida, over the latter of which he continued until 1787, was born at Canterbury, 
Connecticut, 18 October, 1746, was graduated at Yale in 1768, and died at North 
Stamford, Connecticut, 5 April, 1819. 

103 Peter and Benjamin Earl were sons of John Earl, of Smith's Clove, whose 
will, proved 31 August, 1786, named children Samuel, Richard, Benjamin, Peter, 
Ezra, Jonathan, and Elizabeth, and grandchildren Joseph and Mary Holloway. 
Peter married (1) Elizabeth, daughter of John Bull, and lived at the south point 
of Schunemunk Mountain. His will, dated 14 June, 1818, proved 27 March, 1819, 
makes bequests to sons Elmer, Daniel, Ezra, and John, to wife Lois, to daughters 
Rachel Payne, Hannah Payne, Nancy Knowlton, Polly Weeks, Elizabeth Galloway, 
Martha Mapes, Sally, and Susanna, and to grandson Ithamer Bloomer. 

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March 2J. — Preached Romans ii. 4 at Mr. Earl's; at Brown's in 
the evening, Hosea xiv. 9. 

March 28. — Rode home; went to Mr. Bradley's; talked about 
buying his place &c. 

March 29. — Cloudy, snow, about sixteen inches deep in the woods ; 
and blue birds return. 

March 30. — Snow and rain. 

March 31. — Went to Mr. Bradley's; people getting wood &c; 
went to Mr. Curren's ; explained on Romans ii. chapter. 

April 1. — Went to William Seeley's 104 to meeting; staid at Bar- 
ney Horton's. 

April 2. — Rode home, studied &c. 

April 3. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Romans xiii. 12; John 
xvi. 8-9-10. 

April 4. — Mr. Hulse came to get wood for me. Quarter Day. 

April 5. — Town meeting &c. 

April 6. — Pleasant morning; went to Mr. Bradley's, to Gray 
Court; [to] Mr. Horton's, heard the methodist [minister] preach; 
visited John Carpenter 105 [and] Esq re Young; 106 staid all night. 

April 7. — Rode home; church meeting, but only two of the 
brethren present, Mr. Tucker officiated. 

104 See note 82. 

105 Probably John Carpenter, of Blooming Grove, whose will, proved 27 June, 
1787, had been executed 17 September, 1767, and then named wife Rachel, sons 
Elijah and William, and grandson Matthew. A son of the testator, John I. Car- 
penter, who, in his will of 13 January, 1766, described himself as " of Blooming 
Grove, merchant," and left his property to wife Jane, son Matthew, daughters 
Juda, Rachel, and Amira, brothers Elijah and William, and brothers- and sisters- 
in-law, surnamed Howell, the children of Hezekiah Howell, whose daughter Jane 
he had married. William Carpenter, son of John Carpenter above, made his will 
24 April, 1788, proved 22 September, 1789. His legatees were brother Elijah, and 
his son Matthew, sister-in-law widow Jane Carpenter and her two daughters, 
Rachel and Amira Elizabeth, the daughters of Jonathan Deboise. 

106 Birdsey Youngs, who was commissioned lieutenant of the East Orange, or 
Cornwall, Regiment, under Captain Archibald Little, 20 February, 1776. 

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April 8. — Stormy day of rain. 

April 9. — Mr. Bradley came here &c. studying &c. 

April 10. — Rode into the Clove, preached Isaiah lix. 20; Psalms 
xxxiv. 1 1 ; rode to John Garner's ; staid all night. 

April 11. — Rode to Oxford; concluded to move to Mr. Little's; 
rode to Colonel Marvin's ; concluded to move tomorrow by the leave 
of Providence. 

April 12. — Moved to James Little's by the help of Strong, Saterly 
[and] Seeley. 

April 13. — Rode to Asa Vail's; 107 to monthly meeting; Mr. 
Green preached ; staid at Mr. Lancaster's. 

April 14. — Rode to Mr. Huff's to keep the fast; Mr. Green 
preached first; then I preached immediately after, 1 Chronicles xv. 13; 
rode to Mr. Brown's, preached in the evening Luke xv. 2 ; Mr. Green 
exhorted ; staid all night. 

April 15. — Rode home to Oxford; snowy morning; studying &c. 

April 16. — Studying &c. 

April 17. — Preached [at] Blooming Grove, Acts ii. 38; Matthew 
ix. 31. 

April 18. — Mr. Little ploughed my garden; warm day. 

April 19. — Snow and hail about three inches deep; studying. 

April 20. — Cold and cloudy weather ; Mr. Porter came to see me ; 
visited Captain Marvin's [and] Josiah Seeley's. 

April 21. — Mrs. Constant set off to Waterbury; snow and bad 
riding; rode to Mr. Goldsmith's, Abner Cole's, Deacon Cole's, Mr. 
Curren's, Solo[mon] Cole's, Samuel Cole's, Ben[jamin] Tuttle's, ex- 
plained the second Chapter of Romans; staid at Benjamin Tuttle's. 

April 22. — Deacon Cole rode with me to Mr. Helme's, Clark's, 
Tuttle's and White's ; then I rode to Mr. Owen's ; to Mr. Munnel's ; 
attended Society meeting where the people conversed with freedom 
about the great things of God. Blessed be God for turning their 
thoughts. 

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April 23. — Studying in preparation for the Sabbath &c. 

April 24. — Sabbath; preached at Smith's Clove, Isaiah xxi. 11-12; 
1 Corinthians v. 7 ; at Mr. Sneeden's, Acts ii. 38 ; baptized five of his 
children. 

April 25. — Rode to C. Reynold's; home to Oxford; warm spring- 
like weather. 

April 26. — Election; went to John Brewster's. 108 

April 27. — Rode to Florida and home. 

April 28. — Rode to William Miller's ; 109 married Moses Rumsey 
[and] Lydia Miller; went to Rossel Gee's; attended Conference; 
went to C. Reynold's; staid all night. 

April 29. — Rode home, studying. 

April 30. — Studying &c. 

May 1. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Luke xxiii. 46; Job 
xxiii. 2-3. 

May 2. — Rode to Crompond ; staid at Mr. Lee's. 

May 3. — Preached at the meeting house, John iv. 24; staid at Mr. 
Foot's. 

May 4. — Rainy weather ; spent the day in conversation. 

May 5. — Preached again at Crompond. 

May 6. — Rode to the Peekskill, preached from Isaiah lxiii. 1 ; 
staid at Mr. Burchams. 110 

May 7. — Rode to Crompond ; staid at Mr. Lee's. 

May 8. — Preached at Crompond, Matthew xx. 6; Zachariah ii. 7; 
rode to Mr. Lewis's. 

May 9. — Rode to the Red Mills; preached Ephesians xviii. last; 
rode to Mr. Lewis's. 

May 10. — Rode to Waterbury ; found friends well ; staid at father 
Lewis's. 

May 11. — Staid at Salem; drew deeds and notes for my farm. 

May 12. — Went to Lieutenant Beebe's; cleared off my rates. 

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May 13. — Set off for Blooming Grove ; rode to E Nichol's ; staid 
all night. 

May 14. — Rode to Oxford; found my family well. 

May 15. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 1 Chronicles xv. 13; 
Revelation iii. 20 ; at Mr. Little's, Luke xix. 7 ; cattle to pasture &c. 

May 16. — Rode to Widow Smith's; preached xii. 21 ; rode to the 
Caughtskill ; married James Boyd &c. 

May 17. — Married William Bradner 111 &c; rode home; Mr. 
Green came to see me ; staid all night. 

May 18. — At home &c. 

May 19. — Rode to Smith Clove; married James Prendle and 
Phebe Lamoreux. 112 

May 20. — At home; Mr. Lewis [and] Mr. Cox came to see me; 
rode to Captain Marvin's 113 &c. 

May 21. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

May 22. — Preached in the Clove, Matthew i. 21 ; Romans viii. 2; 
rode home. 

May 23. — Rode to Tim[othy] Smith's; to Lancaster's; preached 
at Asa Vail's, 1 Kings xviii. 21 ; staid at John Garner's. 

May 24. — Rainy day; preached at Mr. Friskee's; 114 John iv. 17; 
at Mr. Gray's Luke xix. 41-42; rode home to Oxford. 

May 25. — Clear weather; boys planting. 

May 26. — Finished planting, rode to Deacon Coleman's. 

May 27. — Studying, reading &c. 

May 28. — Studying. 

May 29. — Preached at Blooming Grove, 1 Chronicles xv. 13; 
Peter iv. ; Mr. Green came to see me. 

111 The son of John Bradner, Esq., of Goshen, and the great-grandson of the 
Rev. John Bradner, the first pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Goshen. 

112 One of the daughters of John Lamoreaux, Sr., of Monroe, and a sister of 
Susanna Lamoreux, who married David Prindle. (See note 75.) 

113 See note 11. 

114 Probably William Friskey, who married Amy, daughter of Jonathan Stevens, 
of Cornwall. (See note 32.) 

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May 30. — Rode to Mr. Roach's; Mr. Green preached; rode on 
towards Presbytery ; staid at Pompton, [at] Mr. Dod's. 

May 31. — Rode to Mr. Grover's, attended on Presbytery; Mr. 
Pormely preached. 

June 1. — Attended Presbytery &c, adjourned to Florida the last 
Tuesday in October. 

June 2. — Rode home to Oxford. 

June 3. — Pleasant morning; went a fishing. 

June 4. — Studying for the Sabbath; walked into the Clove,; 
preached at the meeting house, 1 Peter xviii. 18; Church meeting, 
staid at Mr. Bell's. 115 

June 5. — Preached Matthew xxvi. 39; Revelation xx. 12; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament; baptized Samuel Hall 116 who was received 
into the church. 

June 6. — Cloudy, wet morning ; rain. 
' June 7. — Rode to Chester to Mr. Kinner's, Mr. Hall's &c. 

June 8. — At home, very rainy time. 

June 12. — Preached at Blooming Grove, John xix. 1; Psalms 
lxxviii. 65 ; baptized Jonah Tucker ; administered the Sacrament &c. 

June 13. — Rode to Gray Court, [to] H's, Mo.'s, Ho.'s; David 
Lewis went home. 

June 14. — Hot morning; went to Mr. Curren's; preached 
Romans v. 2 ; rode home &c. 

June 15. — Rode to Florida, monthly meeting, Mr. Miller preached. 

June 16. — Rode home; Mr. Baldwin 117 at my house; staid all 
night. 

June 17. — Studied &c. ; visited Mrs. Ayres who is sick; attended 
meeting at Mrs. Munnel's. 

115 John Bell, at whose house the Presbyterian Church of Smith's Clove was 
formed. 17 May, 1784. (See note 51.) 

116 Samuel Hall, who was one of the constituent members of the Clove Church, 
admitted probably under the terms of the " half-way Covenant," and not in full 
membership until the above date. 

117 Rev. David Baldwin. (See note 59.) 

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June 1 8. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

June 19. — Preached at Smith's Clove Luke xiii. 23-30; Romans 
v. 2 ; at Samuel Hall's, Romans vii. last ; rode home. 

June 20. — St. John hoeing corn ; Mr. Lewis came to see me, staid. 

June 21. — At home part of the day; went to Blooming Grove; 
saw Mr. Miller ; attended meeting at the meeting house. 

June 22. — Rode to Ben[jamin] Mapes'; Mr. Cooley's, Mr. 
Archer's; preached at Jos. Todd's, E. xviii, last; rode home. 

June 23. — At home part of [the day] ; at Mr. Seely's. 

June 24. — Taken with the fever and ague. 

June 25. — Studying. 

June 26. — Taken in the morning with the fever and ague; pre- 
vented from going to public worship ; Doctor came to see me. 

June 27. — Took a vomit. 

June 28. — Fit of the ague, and Mr. Cole [man] came to see me. 

June 29. — Deacon Coleman came to see me and Mr. Coleman. 

June 30. — Rode to the Clove. 

July 1. — Rode to Mr. James Lewis' &c. 

July 2. — At home &c. Arnold bottoming chairs &c. 

July 3. — Preached at Smith's Clove, Isaiah lv. 1 ; John iii. 7. 

July 4. — At home, John Seely came. 

July 5. — Rode to Joseph Thorn's, traded 1-8-3; v ode to White's, 
Carpenter's, Howell's, Woodhull's. 

July 6. — At home &c. 

July 7. — Preached at John Seely's, Luke i. 68-9. 

July 8. — Preached at Mr. Gray's, Luke xv. 18. 

July 9. — Studying &c. &c. 

July 10. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Job ii. 3; full meeting, 
attentive. 

July 1 1 . — At home &c. 
.July 12. — Preached at David Mapes', 118 1 Kings xviii. 21. 

118 Jonathan Mapes, the ancestor of the Mapes family of Orange County, was the 
son of Thomas Mapes, the emigrant, and was born at Southold, Long Island, 20 

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July 13. — People moving for me. 

July 14. — Rode to Mr. Brewster's, preached 1 Kings xviii. 21; 
rode to Mr. Corwin's ; Society meeting. 

July 15. — Haying, rainy weather. 

July 16. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

July 17. — Preached [at] Smith's Clove, Matthew xxv. last. 

July 18. — Carting hay; [at] Capt. Marvin's. 

July 19. — Rode into the Clove; preached [at] Mr. Davenport's, 
Colossians iii. 1 ; staid all night. 

July 20. — Rode home. 

July 21. — Rode to C. Coleman's; rainy night. 

July 22. — Reading, studying &c. 

July 23. — Studying &c. 

July 24. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Matthew v. 8 ; Colossians 
iii. 1 ; full meeting ; had some enlargement in speaking. 

July 25. — Reading; went to Nathan Cole's. 

July 26. — Rode to James Proshal's; William Helm's, [and] John 
Woodward's ; heard Mr. Baldwin preach, who came home with me. 

July 27. — Rode to Barney Horton's, Mr. Baldwin preached ; rode 
home. 

June, 1670, and died there 4 January, 1747. He married (1) Hester, daughter of 
Captain Jonathan Horton, who died in 1709, and he married, shortly afterwards, 

Abigail . In 1733 he married his third wife, Mary, the daughter of Uriah Terry. 

Of his children, Jonathan and William were certainly by the first wife; Samuel, 
Daniel, and Thomas by Mary Terry; while Bethuel, Benjamin, and Lemuel were 
doubtless by the second wife. William Mapes, the second son, removed to Orange 
County, where he purchased, under date 26 February, 1729, from Madam Elizabeth 
Denne, a tract of eleven hundred acres, and subsequently conducted there an Indian 
trading-house and frontier tavern known as the " famous Mapes tavern." He was 
commissioned, 20 June, 1738, lieutenant of the Orange County Troop of Horse, 
under Captain Henry Youngs. He died 26 February, 1788, in his eighty- fourth 
year. His tombstone, erected long after his death, gives the year as 1798. His 
children were William, Thomas, Henry, Mary, and David of the text, who resided at 
Goshen, and there died about January, 1795, in which month his widow Mary and 
his son James administered on his estate. Besides James, he had John, Catharine, 
Hannah, Edward, and William. The widow Mary was probably his second wife. 

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July 28. — At home, Mr. Baldwin rode to Florida. 

July 29. — Reading, studying &c. 

July 30. — Ditto. 

July 31. — Preached at Smith's Clove, Song of Solomon vii. 5; 
Proverbs x. 5; at Tim[othy] Smith's, Hosea xiv. last. So ends the 
month of July, so all my Days like arrows fly. 

August 1 . — At home, studying &c. 

August 2. — Rode into the Clove ; (hog sticking) ; visiting. 

August 3. — Rode to Benjamin 119 Mapes; preached 2 Corinthians 
vii. 1. 

August 4. — At home, studying, went to Mrs. Corry's; Nathan 
Marvin's &c. 

August 5. — At home; studying &c. Mr. Corwin came here. 

August 6. — Studying in preparation &c. 

August 7. — Preached at Blooming Grove, John x. 9; Matthew 
vii. 6; at Samuel Satterley's, 120 Matthew vii. 21. 

August 8. — Cool morning. Mr. Forman from Crompond came to 
see me. 

August 9. — Rode to Florida; returned to Mr. Curren's; preached 
Matthew vii. 21 ; Mr. Greentree came to see me. 

August 10. — Rode to Mr. Mapes &c. 

August 11. — At home; married Joseph Sheldon and Lydia Comp- 
ton ; Mr. Lewis came to see me. 

August 12. — Rode to visit the people about Blooming Grove. 

August 13. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

119 Benjamin, fourth son of Jonathan Mapes, also removed to Orange County, 
and at the time of his death, in 1823, resided at Warwick. He evidently married 
twice, and had issue Jonathan, Margaret, Benjamin, John, and Lewis, the latter of 
whom administered on his estate. 

120 Samuel Satterly, of " Chester in Goshen," by will of 26 November, 1801, 
proved n February, 1804, gave to son Elnathan, land near Gray Court, and to son 
Jonas, drowned lands near Florida. He also made bequests to wife Margaret and 
daughters Elizabeth, Sally, Polly Ann, and July. The testator appears on the 
Chester assessment roll of 1775. 

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August 14. — Preached in Smith's Clove, Romans vi. 5; Matthew 
xiii. 1-8. 

August 15. — Rode to Goshen; 121 visited Carr and others; ex- 
pended 13 — 6 for bridle &c. 

August 16. — Cropt a ripe watermelon; rode to Samuel Hall's, 
preached Romans iv. 12. 

August 17. — At home. 

August 18. — Rode to Eleazer Grey's; 122 Mr. Green preached, 
rode home with me ; Mrs. Lewis here. 

August 19. — Studying &c. went to Stodard Conklin's. 

August 20. — Studying &c. 

August 21. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Luke xxix. 46; at 
John Seeley's John iv. 10. 

August 22. — Rode to Mrs. Curren's; brought Joseph home sick 
with the fever and ague. 

August 23. — At home; John Garner came to see me; Mrs. 
Constant sore throat; rode to Mr. Halsey's; married Solomon 
Smith. 123 

August 24. — Rode into the Clove; married William Miller and 
Mary Tirrel. 

121 The original Wavvayanda Patent, which embraced the greater portion of this 
town, was granted by Queen Anne, 5 March, 1703, and the first settlements date 
from that time. Noah Webster taught the first academic school in Goshen, in 1782, 
and there began the series of works which later made him famous. DeWitt Clinton 
was at one time a pupil of the Academy, and William H. Seward studied law in the 
village. 

122 Eleazer Gray, of Monroe, executed his will 10 November, 1817, which was 
proved the 22d of the same month. His legatees were wife Margaret, and children 
William, Eleazer, James, Mary, Margaret, Sarah, Daniel, and Esther Wood. 

M One of the grandsons of David Smith, Esq., of Smith's Clove, who was born 
at Southold, Long Island, 15 April, 1701, and died at the Clove in June, 1787. His 
will, dated 10 June, 1783, names sons David, Hopni, Julius ; grandsons Solomon, 
son of David ; Uriah and Guy, sons of Julius ; granddaughters Esther Little, Mary- 
Tucker, Viney Hear ( ?), and Julia Smith's four daughters, Rachel, Juliana, Rebecca, 
and Sarah ; also Samuel, son of Claudius Smith. The latter was the noted Tory 
outlaw. 

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August 25. — Joseph remains sick; Mrs. Constant [the] same; 
Congregational meeting. 

August 26. — Studying &c. 

August 27. — Studying. 

August 28. — Preached at Smith's Clove John ii. 28-9. 

August 29. — Rode to Capt. Marvin's &c. 

August 30. — Rode to John Wood's, preached 2 Timothy ii. 8 ; rode 
home. 

August 31. — At home; John Garner came to see me. 

September 1. — Preached at the Clove, Ephesians xii. 13 ; reckoned 
with the committee &c. ; rainy at night. 

September 2. — Studying; rainy weather. 

September 3. — Studying; Colonel Marvin came to see me; Mrs. 
Constant's ringer sore. 

September 4. — Preached at Blooming Grove, Ephesians v. 17; 

1 Peter iv. 7. 

September 5. — Rode into the Clove ; [at] Brown's, Davenport's &c. 
September 6. — Cool morning; rode to Mr. Archer's; preached 

2 Corinthians iv. 

September 7. — At home ; Mr. Reynolds came to see me. 

September 8. — Mrs. Constant brought to bed ; preached at Nathan 
Marvins, 2 Corinthians iv. 

September 9. — At home; Mr[s]. Little brought to bed; church 
meeting in the Clove &c. 

September 10. — Rode 124 to Kekaat, [to] Mr. Coe's. 

September 11. — Preached at Kekaat, 1 Peter ii. 9; Isaiah lxiii. 1; 
1 Peter iv. 7. 

September 12. — At the Court House, Matthew xx. 6; at the meet- 
ing house in the evening, John iv. 20 ; staid at Mr. Coe's. 

124 In 1761 the Rev. Hezekiah Watkins, of St. George's, Newburgh, wrote to 
the London Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts that his 
constitution was much impaired by sixteen years' service in this cold region, where 
he had " ridden two thousand miles per year." 

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September 13. — Rode to Haverstraw; preached at Mrs. Benson's, 
Colossians iii. 1 ; in the evening at Mr. Jones', Revelation iii. 20 ; staid 
all night. 

September 14. — Rode to Oxford, found my family sick. 

September 15. — At home, Mrs. Constant some better; some 
rain. 

September 16. — Rode to Joseph Thorn's; traded 10 — 10 — o. 

September 17. — Rode to [Isaac] Frought's ferry; hindered till 
night, then went across; staid at Van Ekes [Van Aake's]. 

September 18. — Rode to Crompond; preached, Ephesians ii. 8; 
1 Peter iv. 7. 

September 19. — Rode to Peekskill, [to] Mr. Birdsall's; heard Mr. 
Lewis preach ; staid all night. 

September 20. — Rode to Crompond, preached 1 Corinthians i. 10; 
staid at Doctor White's. 

September 21. — Rainy morning; rode to Kekaat; saw Mr. Shep- 
herd there. 

September 22. — Rode to Oxford with Mr. Lewis; found my family 
well through divine goodness. 

September 23. — At home until afternoon; went to Nathan Mar- 
vin's ; reckoned with him. 

September 24. — Studying for the Sabbath &c. 

September 25. — Preached in the Clove, Psalms xxv. 2.2; Ezra 
xxxiii. 5 ; rode to John Garner's, preached 1 Peter iv. 7. 

September 26. — Rode home to Oxford. 

September 27. — Rode to James Lewis's ; preached John i. 2 ; rode 
home. 

September 28. — Rode to Mr. Gray's; preached 1 Thessalonians 
ii. 12; returned home. 

September 29. — Rode over the Walkill; preached at Benjamin 
Meeker's, 1 Peter iv. 7. 

September 30. — Rode to Elijah Reeves'; preached 1 Peter iv. 7; 
at Joseph Smith's, Galatians iii. 13. 

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October i. — Rode to Mr. Shaw's; at Samuel Mapes'. 125 

October 2. — Preached at R., 1 Thessalonians ii. 12; Matthew xx. 
6; rode to Benjamin Meeker's, [preached] Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

October 3. — Rode to Florida; home to Oxford; found family 
well. 

October 4. — At home; rode to Capt. Marvin's; bought leather; 
price 1 — o — 6. 

October 5. — Mr. Bradner came to see me, he rode into the Clove 
[Smith's Clove]. 

October 6. — Set off for Crompond ; rode to Mr. Nelson's, preached 
1 Peter ii. 4. 

October 7. — Rode to Peekskill; preached Acts xiii. 41; rode to 
Crompond. 

October 8. — At Mrs. Delancy's. 

October 9. — Preached at Crompond, Ephesians v. 14; 1 Thessa- 
lonians ii. 12. 

October 10. — Rode to Mr. Ward's, preached Acts xiii. 41 ; in the 
evening Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

125 Samuel Mapes, eldest son of Jonathan Mapes by his third wife Mary Terry, 
was born at Southold, 14 February, 1735, and removed in early manhood to Orange 
County, settling first at Blooming Grove, where his name and that of his eldest 
son Smith appear in the list of signers of the Revolutionary Pledge in 1775. Later 
in life he removed to the locality now known as Howell's Depot, but for many years 
distinguished as Mapestown. Before his death he deeded a plot of land near the 
site of the present Congregational Church at Howell's Depot, for a family burying- 
ground, and there he, his wife, and several generations of descendants are buried. 
His will, proved 10 February, 1820, named sons Smith, Enos, Samuel, Selah,- Erastus, 
Seth, and Silas Haines ; granddaughter Harriet Carpenter and her daughter Eliza 
Ann Vail; wife Mary, and Mahala, wife of Nathaniel Coleman. His wife Mary, 
surname unknown, was born 8 April, 1739, and died in 1825. Of the sons, Smith 
and Silas Haines settled in Western New York and Seth in Ohio. 

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge, daughter of Professor James Jay Mapes 
by his wife Sophia Furman, descends from Thomas Mapes, the emigrant, through 
Jabez, brother of Jonathan, previously referred to. (For further details of this 
family, see the " Family Record" for 1897, published by C. H. Weygandt, of New- 
burgh.) 

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October n. — At Crompond and Mr. B.'s., preached; in the even- 
ing preached at Mr. Forman's, i Timothy iv. 8. 

October 12. — Rode to Benjamin Hate's [Haight's], preached 1 
Kings xviii. 21 ; rode home with Judge Purdy. 

October 13. — At Salem; preached Psalms lx. 3; at Deacon Bene- 
dicts, 1 Peter ii. 4. 

October 14. — Rode to Mrs. Brewer's; attended church meeting; 
staid all night. 

October 15. — Attended church meeting; [at] W. Dean's; staid 
at Mr. Carman's. 

October 16. — Preached at Crompond, Matthew v. 8; Zachariah 
ii. 7; staid at E. Lee's. 

October 17. — Church meeting [at the] Parsonage. 

October 18. — Preached at Crompond, Proverbs iii. last. 

October 19. — Attended church meeting at Red Mills; preached in 
the evening Luke xiii. 3 ; at Mr. Badoe's. 

October 20. — Very rainy day, (wrote). 

October 21. — Kept fast at Crompond &c. 

October 22. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

October 23. — Preached at Crompond, Rev. viii. 2; administered 
the Sacrament; preached Luke xiv. 17; rode to Peekskill, preached 
Luke xiv. 17. 

October 24. — Rode to Oxford. 

October 25. — Rode to preach [at] Florida; Messrs Green [and] 
Cornwell preached. 

October 26. — Attended Presbytery. 

October 27. — Attended Presbytery. 

October 28. — Rode to Oxford. 

October 29. — At home, reckoned with the Committee of Clove; 
due to me, 13 — 11 — 6. 

October 30. — Preached at Blooming Grove ; rainy day. 

October 31. — Sold my things at vendue; rode to Mr. Thorn's, 
traded 3 — 13; at Mr. Chandlers 5 — 7. 

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November I. — Loaded my things to move; rode to Mr. Chan- 
dler's; staid all night; married Major Graye [and Polly Brewster]. 126 

November 2. — Rode to New Windsor, 127 put my things aboard 
Shelp boat, sailed to Peekskill, staid at Mr. Burchall's [Birdsall's]. 

November 3. — Moved to Crompond or Hanover, 128 staid at Mr. 
Lee's. 

November 4. — Warm, pleasant day, studying &c. 

November 5. — Studying. 

November 6. — Preached at Hanover, 1 John v. 10; Isaiah x. 3. 

November 7. — At home. 

November 8. — Rode to the Peekskill ; set off for New York. 

November 9. — On the water &c. 

November 10. — Arrived at New York. 

November 1 1 . — At New York &c. 

November 12. — At New York; bought tables, looking glass &c. 

November 13. — Set off for Peekskill. 

November 14. — Arrived at Peekskill, attended public worship; 
heard Mr. Cornwell preach ; in the evening, preached 1 Timothy iv. 8 ; 
staid all night. 

126 The name of the bride is supplied by Mr. Constant's separate list of mar- 
riages. 

127 All traditions concerning this locality seem to agree that, at the village of 
New Windsor, a ferry was maintained to Fishkill at a very early period. 

128 Often written " Crom Pond," the Dutch term for crooked pond, and is so 
called in the County Records as early as 1732. It was near this place that the 
French forces under Rochambeau were encamped in 1781-82, on an elevation since 
known as French Hill. Just after the Revolution popular feeling was against all 
that recalled the rule of the House of Hanover, and in 1788 the township in the 
Manor of Cortlandt known as Hanover was changed to Yorktown, in honor of the 
overthrow of British power, or it may have been in compliment to the patriotism of 
the Van Cortlandts, and in consideration of the gallant services of Colonel Philip 
Van Cortlandt at Yorktown, in Virginia, on which occasion he was advanced to the 
rank of brigadier-general. The first entry of a town meeting for Cortlandt Manor 
is under date of the first Tuesday in April, 1760, and the book of town proceedings' 
is styled a " Record for the Manor of Cortlandt and Yorktown," which title, how- 
ever, would seem to have been added in a later hand. 

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November 15 
November 16 
November 17 
November 18 
November 19 
November 20 
November 21 
November 22 
November 23 
November 24 

staid ; snow. 
November 25 
November 26 

snow this evening 
November 27 
November 28 
November 29 
November 30 



— Rode to Hanover. 

— My things brought from Peekskill by Mr. Wood. 

— People at work at the cellar. 

— At home; banking up the cellar &c. 

— At home; studying. 

— Studying &c. 

— Preached at Hanover, Psalms xxiv. 7, lxxiii. 18. 

— At home writing letters. 

— At Jo[hn] Lee's. 

— Rode to P Carman; pre [ached], Acts x. 14; 

— Rode to the Peekskill; preached 1 Peter iv. 7-1 1. 

— [Preached] at Thomas Thorn's, Colossians iii. 1; 

, three inches deep. 

— At home studying. 

— Preached at Hanover, Revelation xv. 3. 

— At Mr. Travis's &c; cold looks likely for snow. 

— Conference at my house in the evening, full 



meeting. 

December 1. — Mr. Cornwell came to see me, preached in the meet- 
ing; rode to Peekskill, Mr. Cornwell preached in the evening; staid 
at Mr. Birdsall's. 

December 2. — Rode to Hanover; Mr. Cornwell preached at Mr. 
Forman's in the evening. 

December 3. : — Studying for the Sabbath; snow one inch. 

December 4. — Preached at Hanover, Hosea i. 5 ; rainy day. 

December 5. — Warm; snow mostly gone. 

December 6. — Warm and windy ; Smith making cellar door. 

December 7. — Conference in the evening at Deacon Travis's. 

December 10. — Studying &c. 

December 11. — Preached at Hanover, Isaiah lv. 1. 

December 12. — At home. 

December 13. — At Mr. Sands's, [at] Mr. Carman's. 

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December 14. — Rode to Amawalk 129 preached at Jonathan 
Travis's, Mark i. 1 5 ; rode to Mr. Forman's, conference. 

December 15. — Rode to C Tompkins', preached 1 Peter ii. 4; 
in the evening at Thomas Thorn's, 1 Timothy iv. 8; staid at Joshua 
Hiatt's. 130 

December 16. — Rode home, Messrs. Green, Shepherd, Lewis and 
Budd at my house. 

December 17. — Studying &c. 

December 18. — Rode to the Peekskill, preached John iv. 2 1 ; in the 
evening at B.'s, 1 Peter ii. 4. 

December 19. — Rode to Mr. Owens's; Mr. Shepherd preached; 
rode to John Carman's, Mr. Shepherd preached in the evening, rode 
home; pleasant weather. 

December 20. — Pleasant day at home. 

December 21. — At home, Mr. Shepherd came here, conference 
here in the evening ; Judd and David came here. 

December 22. — Rode to Peekskill, married Israel Sherwood and 
Lockwood. 

120 The eastern section of Yorktown still bears the name of Amawalk, probably 
an abbreviation and corruption of the Mohegan term Appamaghpogh which had been 
applied to the whole Indian territory within the manor west of Cortlandtown, and 
it was under this name that the grant from the Indian sachems to Stephanus Van 
Cortlandt was made in 1683. (Bolton's History of Westchester.) 

130 Joshua Hyatt was a son of John Hyatt, of Cortlandt Manor, one of the first 
trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Crompond, and who, by his will of 22 April, 
1760, named sons John, Joshua, and Sylvanus, wife Sarah, and daughters Elizabeth 
Strang, Sarah, and Hannah. Few names are more troublesome to the genealogist 
than this of Hoyt, Hoit, Hyatt, and Haight, which doubtless had a common root, 
but which certainly had a number of stems, and each of these a variety of spellings. 
Throughout the Journal Mr. Constant's spelling of the name is adhered to, and it 
is usually incorrect. Daniel Haight, Esq., of Rochester, New York, writing, 10 
September, 1891, says, " There can be no doubt that the name Haight is derived 
from Hoyt being at different times spelled in different ways : Hoyt, Hoit, Hoyght, 
Hoight, Haite, Hait, Haight. . . . The name became settled as Hoyt in Danbury 
and Norwalk, Connecticut; Hait in Stamford, Connecticut, where the name Hoyt 
has been resumed in the present century; and Haight in Westchester County, New 
York, where the English and Dutch families met." 

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December 23. — David Lewis went home; went to Elder Lee's 
[and] Mr. Foote's. 

December 24. — Studying &c &c, snow two inches. 

December 25. — Preached [at] Hanover, 2 Corinthians iii. 12; in 
the evening, Haggi last; rode to Gill Strang's, 131 married Stephen 
Horton [and] Elizabeth How [Haviland]. 

December 26. — Clear and cold, J. Judd went home. 

December 27. — Warm and pleasant, Deacon Forman came to 
see me. 

December 28. — Went to Deacon White's, very cold; conference 
at Deacon Travis's. 

December 29. — Went to Deacon Lee's (more pleasant), Society 
met today at Hanover ; snow in the night five inches deep. 

December 30. — Rain this morning. 

December 31. — Clear and cold; studying. To how little purpose 
have I spent the year past, may God pardon and give grace to be more 
faithful. 

1786 

January 1 . — Preached at Hanover, Psalms lxx. 9 ; in the evening 
at Deacon Travis's, Luke xiii. 8-9 ; good sleighing. 

January 2. — Cloudy morning ; St. John went to mill. 

January 3. — Cold. 

January 4. — Rode to Mr. Whitney's ; preached Matthew xxii. 5 ; 
conference in the evening. 

January 5. — People getting wood for me. 

January 6. — Rode to Deacon Forman's and Travis's. 

January 7. — Studying &c. ; St. John got hay [at] Deacon For- 
man's. 

131 Gilbert Strang, son of Lieutenant Joseph Strang by his wife Jemima Budd, 
was born 5 July, 1753; died 3 January, 1825; married, 5 February, 1779, Esther 
Haviland. His will of 5 July, 1820, calls him of New Castle, and makes bequests 
to wife Hester, daughters Sally Ann, Charlotte, Maria McCord, and Jemima Smith, 
sons Nicholas and John, and the children of son Samuel T., deceased. 

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January 8. — Preached at Peekskill, in the evening [at] Colonel 
Drake's, 132 full meeting. 

January 9. — Rode home pleasant day ; good sleighing. 

January 10. — Rode to Ephraim Nicols ; staid. 

January 11. — Rode to Mr. Mills; Mr. Lewis staid. 

January 12. — Rode to the West Society; preached 1 Timothy iv. 
8 ; rode home by Mr. Hait's, pleasant weather ; good sleighing. 

January 13. — At home; studying &c. 

January 14. — Fasting, praying, studying &c. 

January 15. — Preached [at] Hanover, Mark xii. 6; in the even- 
ing [at] J. Hiat's, Proverbs iii. 18. 

January 16. — Rode to John Carman's; staid all night; rode to 
Hen[ry] Carman's. 

January 17. — [At] Mrs. Brewer's; 133 home; very cold. 

132 There were three Colonels Drake in Westchester County, — Joseph Drake, of 
New Rochelle, born 12 July, 1737 (O. S.) ; died 11 September, 1836; commissioned 
colonel of the First Westchester County Regiment, 19 October, 1775 : Samuel Drake, 
commissioned colonel, Westchester County Minute Men, 27 October, 1775 ; and of 
the Third Regiment militia of that county, 25 June, 1778; recommissioned 20 
November, 1781 : Gilbert Drake, chairman of the Committee of Safety for that 
county, commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Third (or Manor of Cortlandt) Regi- 
ment, 19 October, 1775. The latter is he of the text. He died 8 January, 1809, 
aged eighty-nine years. His wife, Ruth , died 14 December, 1828, aged ninety- 
one, and she and her husband are buried in St. Peter's graveyard at Peekskill. 
According to his will, his children were John, Gilbert, Nathaniel, Mary Cinute, 
Ann Hunter, Sarah Drake, and Elizabeth Philips. 

133 Mrs. Hannah Brewer, widow of Dr. Brewer, whose tombstone in the Crom- 
pond church-yard reads : " Dr. James Brewer / a native of Massachusetts / but 
for many years / a practicing Physician in Yorktown / Whilst visiting a patient in 
Jefferson Valley / He was captured by cow boys / and trying to escape in Hog 
Lane / was killed by them / November 20, 1780 / Aged 39 years, 4 mos., and 7 
days." 

Dr. Brewer was the son of Daniel Brewer by his wife Phebe Locke, and was 
born at Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 6 July, 1740. He married Hannah, daughter of 
Joseph and Phebe Lee of Yorktown, born May, 1745 ; died at Peekskill, 4 Sep- 
tember, 1810. In her will, bearing date 12 October, 1809, Mrs. Brewer leaves to 
the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Peekskill one hundred and forty dollars, 
and a like sum to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown. Their 

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January 18. — Fasting with the church at Esq 1 " Lees'; cold 
weather ; conference at Mr. Sands's. 

January 19. — At home; Mrs. Delancy came here; staid all 
night. 

January 20. — Very cold weather ; began to snow ; sleigh brought 
from Lieut. Purdy's. 

January 21. — Studying, rainy and thawing weather. 

January 22. — Rainy day rode to Peekskill and preached [at] Mr. 
Jones', Psalms xcviii. 2 ; in the evening at Mr. Birdsall's, Revelation 
iii. 20. 

January 23. — Rode home, fine day, sleighing gone; rode to Mr. 
Haits' ; 1 Peter ii. 4. 

January 24. — Rode to Salem, preached 1 Timothy iv. 8; staid at 
Mr. Truesdel's. 

January 25. — Rode into Deacon Piatt's 134 neighborhood; 
preached Matthew xx. 6; rode to Judge Purdy's; preached in the 
evening John iv. 24. 

January 26. — Rode to Hanover; Captain Lewis came home with 
me; staid all night. 

January 27. — Conversing &c. 

January 28. — Capt. Lewis rode to the Red Mill; studying &c; 
warm, pleasant. 

children were Sarah Brewer, born July, 1764; died 5 February, 1784; married as 
first wife Dr. Elias Cornelius. Mary Brewer of Peekskill, born 3 September, 1766; 
died 19 October, 1799; married Stephen Brown, of Peekskill, 3 September, 1791. 
Joseph Brewer, born 1769; died 31 May, 1803. Daniel Brewer, born 1771 ; died 
6 September, 1804; married Phebe Howell. Phebe Brewer, born 9 May, 1777; 
died 7 July, 1815 ; married Daniel William Birdsall. Samuel Brewer, born 1780; 
died 1 March, 1815 ; married Elizabeth Titus. James Brewer, born 1783 ; died 24 
October, 1810; married Ann Brotherson. Besides the above, Mrs. Brewer's will 
named grandchildren Hannah and James Brown, Thomas and Eliza Brown. 

134 At the formation of the Congregational Church of Upper Salem, 20 August, 
1779, John Piatt was made one of the trustees, and it was probably he who, with 
wife Abigail, joined the First Church of Salem, 11 July, 1767. His daughter Abigail 
was baptized, 16 October, 1770, and son Obadiah, 16 September, 1772. He does not 
appear in the Piatt Genealogy. 

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January 29. — Preached at Hanover, Jeremiah xvii. 9 ; in the even- 
ing at Mr. Ingersoll's, John i. 12; very warm weather. 

January 30. — Rainy morning; all day rainy. 

January 31. — Rode to Peekskill; preached a funeral sermon on 
the death of Mr. Jones, Genesis iii. 19; rode home, preached a sermon 
at Mr. Travis's, John i. 12. 

February 1. — At home forenoon; at Mr. Carman's; married John 
Travis ; conference at Esq r Lee's. 

February 2. — Rode to Jacob Smith's, 135 married Mr. Putney; in 
the evening rode to Mr. Miller's, married Mr. Stephens. 

February 3. — At home &c. 

February 4. — Captain Lewis returned home; had pleasant 
weather. 

February 5. — Some snow, Spencer returned here; preached at 
Hanover Isaiah xxviii. 22 ; in the evening snow about eight inches. 

February 6. — Cold and windy (Spencer went to the Kill) ; rode 
to Peter Carman's ; staid all night. 

February 7. — Rode home, went to Captain Hyatt's, Mrs. Brewer's 
[and] Elnathan Haite's, where I preached in the evening, Acts xiii. 
41; rode home; warm weather. 

February 8. — At home, Mr. Horton came to see me who is in 
some measure awakened; went to Mr. Forman's to conference in the 
evening. 

February 9. — Warm weather; snow melts fast; Spencer home; 
people getting wood. 

February 10. — Warm day. Peter Carman getting wood. 

185 In his will of 14 December, 1812, Jacob Smith calls himself of Yorktown 
and names wife Hannah ; children Silas, Jacob, Mary Putney, Ann, wife of Thomas 
Wildey, Alice Powell, Hannah Perry, Zilpah Teller, Phebe and Deborah Smith, 
son Walter's widow, Mary, and his children, and grandson William, son of Jacob 
Smith. Under date in the text, 2 February, 1786, Mr. Constant married Mary Smith 
to Joshua Putney, also Silas Smith to Ruth Sands, 7 March, 1787; Nancy Smith 
to Thomas Wildey, 23 August, 1792, and Zilpah Smith to Daniel Teller, 24 August, 
1800. 

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February II. — Spencer went to the Peekskill; studying for the 
Sabbath. 

February 12. — Rode to the Peekskill, staid at John Garrison's, 
preached Isaiah xxviii. 9; in the evening at John Stillwell's 1 Kings 
xviii. 21. 

February 13. — Rode home; pleasant day; Deacon Forman [and] 
Mr. Lee [here]. 

February 14. — Snow — three inches; Mr. Lewis came here, 
preached in the evening. 

February 15. — Rode to Dr. Cornelius's; Mr. Lewis preached; 
married Mr. Golden and Eunice Burrit [Barret] ; rode to Ben. Hate's, 
staid all night. 

February 16. — Rode to Southbury; staid at Mr. Heacox's. 

February 17. — Rode to Salem found friends well. 

February 18. — Visiting friends &c &c. 

February 19. — Attended meeting at Salem; preached in the after- 
noon Isaiah lxiii. 2. 

February 20. — Snow and hail six inches. 

February 21. — Rode to Salem, York State, staid at Major Trues- 
del's. 136 

February 22. — Rode to widow Higby's; married Mr. Hait to 
her daughter; rode to Crompond; Mr. Lewis preached in the 
evening. 

February 23. — Mr. Lewis went homewards; Spencer came here; 
Mr. Green called here. 

February 24. — Studying. Mr. Horn of Bedford went from here; 
snow six inches. 

February 25. — Studying for the Sabbath ; St. John went to Capt. 
Drake, and bought nine bushels of wheat ; to J. Hiatt's for saws. 

136 Jesse Truesdale, or Trusdell, was commissioned captain of North Salem 
Company of militia, 28 May, 1778, and major of the same, 12 April, 1782. According 
to the records of the First Church of Salem, he had sons Jonathan and Jesse, the 
first baptized 23 March, 1763, the latter 7 October, 1764. 

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February 26. — Preached at Hanover, Job xxiii. 23 ; in the evening 
at Mrs. Brewer's Romans xii. 18. 

February 27. — Good sleighing; St. John gone to mill; warm 
weather. 

February 28. — Tuesday; some people drawing wood; went to 
Mr. Peter Carman's; preached in the evening John xii. 35. 

March 1. — Conference at Deacon Travis'. 

March 2. — Rode to Bedford ; preached 1 Peter ii. 4 ; staid at Mr. 
Rament's [Raymond], saw Mr. Davenport, had much conversation 
with him. 

March 3. — Rode to North Castle, preached 1 Timothy ix. 8; staid 
at Mr. Haight's. 

March 4. — Took breakfast at Mr. Cross's ; rode home Judge Purdy 
came to see me. O my barren heart ! 

March 5. — Stormy day; snow three inches ; rode to the Peekskill ; 
preached 1 John ii. 28; in the evening at Colonel Drake's, John xii. 
35; married Samuel Titus [and] E. Smith; staid at D. V.'s all night, 
unwell. 

March 6. — Rode home; Mr. Nichols came here; went to Mr. 
Forman's, preached in the evening Matthew xi. 5 ; rode home. 

March 7. — Mr. Cornwell came to see me, Mr. Forman, [and] 
Hen[ry] Carman; unwell myself; Mrs. Constant sick, Chloe the fever 
and ague, warm weather, snow, rains. 

March 8. — Mr. Hen. Carman came to see me; Mr. Cornwell 
preached at J. Lee's in the evening. 

March 9. — Went to Red Mills, church meeting, preached in the 
evening at Mr. Avery's, Ezekiel lxiii. 1. 

March 10. — Rode home; unwell; Chloe sick. 

March 11. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

March 12. — Preached at Hanover, 1 Thessalonians i. 12; in the 
evening at Deacon Travis's, Ephesians v. 11. 

March 13. — Went up the Street to Mr. Chatterton's to visit the 
neighbors ; warm weather ; got better of cold. 

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March 14. — Warm weather ; rode to Deacon Lee's ; 13T bad riding. 
March 15. — Rode to Captain Strang's and to Sol [onion] Hunt's, 
conference meeting; rode to Mr. Whitney's; staid all night. 

137 The Lees of Yorktown descend from William Lee, of Hempstead, Long 
Island, who, on 10 May, 1680, received certain lands in Hempstead from his father- 
in-law, Robert Marvin (Hempstead Town Records), which latter was one of the 
residents of Hempstead who were made freemen of the Connecticut government, 
12 May, 1664. William Lee had died before 13 October, 1701, on which date 
Thomas Lee conveyed the lands previously purchased in Hempstead by William Lee, 
to his brothers John and Joseph, and described them as lands " of which my father 
died possessed." His children were Thomas, Joseph, John, Robert, and possibly 
others, but not the " seven daughters" given in Bolton's invaluable History of 
Westchester County, page 529, for some of these " daughters" must certainly have 
been born after his death. Joseph 2 Lee, the second son of William Lee, and the 
immediate progenitor of the Yorktown family, had among other children, Joseph 3 , 
John, and Thomas ; and of these, — 

Joseph 8 Lee, the eldest son, was doubtless the pioneer in Westchester County, 
though the date of his arrival is difficult to fix. He died at Crompond, 10 May, 
1790, aged, according to his tombstone, seventy-seven years. The funeral sermon 
was preached by Mr. Constant, who styled him " Elder Lee." The first wife, 

Sarah , died 20 August, 1759, aged forty-three years, and is buried beside him, 

as was his second wife, Phebe, who died 26 June, 1812, aged ninety years, one 
month, and sixteen days. His children, very frequently referred to in these pages, 
were by his first wife: 

1. Joseph 4 Lee, born 1740; buried 22 September, 1790; married Elizabeth, 

daughter of Richard Curry. She was married by Mr. Constant, 23 October, 
1794, to Robert Wright. 

2. William Lee, named in his father's will of 13 April, 1790; died 3 January, 

1800. 

3. Anna Lee, married Captain Samuel Haight. 

4. Hannah Lee, born May, 1745; died 4 September, 1810; married Dr. James 

Brewer, q. v. 

5. Abijah Lee, born 1746; died 30 April, 1786; married Dorcas Woolsey, who 

died 15 January, 1805, in her fifty-sixth year. Under date of 30 April, 
1786, Mr. Constant notes : " Deacon Lee died last night." The date given 
is from his tombstone. He is the Deacon Lee referred to in the text. 

6. Phebe Lee, married Daniel Horton. 

7. Elizabeth Lee, married Joseph Ingersoll. 

8. Elijah Lee, born 1751 ; died 23 June, 1829. He married four times, — 

(1) to Sarah Conklin, who died 19 August, 1779, aged twenty-five years; 

(2) to Mary, daughter of Hackaliah Brown, of Somers, by his wife Abby 

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March 16. — Rode to Walter Ward's; rainy day prayed and ex- 
horted ; rode home. 

March 17. — Warm thawing weather. 

Halsfead, born 22 June, 1758; died 25 August, 1809. His other wives were 
Letitia Brown and Sophia Williamson. Issue: 1. Sarah, born 1776; died 
10 December, 1796. 2. Jane, married, 15 August, 1792, Daniel Knapp. 
3. Mary, born 4 October, 1782 ; died 28 January, 1867 ; married, 20 Decem- 
ber, 1798, Nathaniel Hyatt. He died 6 October, 1816, aged forty years, 
five months, and five days. 4. Phebe, born 1786; died 8 July, i860; mar- 
ried Daniel Requa, born 27 September, 1784; died 23 May, 1836. 5. Abijah, 
born 14 June, 1788; died 4 November, 1878; married (1) Anna H. Strang 
and (2) Elizabeth Strang. 6. A child buried 14 March, 1703. 7. Ann, born 
5 September, 1790; died 13 January, 1863; married Sylvanus Strang and 
Curry. 8. Elizabeth, born 19 July, 1794; died 24 March, 185 1 ; mar- 
ried Robert P. Lee. 9. Sarah. 10. Anna B. 11. Letitia B. Mr. Lee was 
one of the justices of the county, prominent in the affairs of the Presby- 
terian Church, and largely instrumental in securing the church property 
for the minority, who remained firm adherents of the principles of Presby- 
terian discipline, against the majority, who followed Mr. Constant in his 
Separatist or Congregational movement. 

9. Enos Lee, born 23 February, 1755 ; died 5 October, 1822 ; married Fran- 

ces , born 25 July, 1767; died 9 September, 1855. 

10. Sarah Lee. 

John 3 Lee, the second son of Joseph 2 Lee, and by his wife Abigail, was baptized 
at St. George's, Hempstead, Long Island, 25 September, 1726; died 12 March, 1816, 
and is buried in the church-yard at Crompond. He married Sarah, a daughter of 
Peter Perine, of Staten Island, and is named in his will of 10 March, 1752. (New 
York Wills, xx. 131.) She died 31 July, 1796, aged seventy-one years, and is 
buried beside her husband. Their children were: 

1. Thomas 4 Lee, born 1749; died 24 June, 1791. 

2. John Lee, removed to Somerset County, New Jersey. Under date of 26 

April, 1786, Mr. Constant notes: "John Lee moved from here." 

3. Sarah Lee, born 30 November, 1751 ; married John Horton. 

4. Henry Lee. 

5. Margaret Lee, born 29 May, 1759; died 21 May, 1836; married Jonas 

Williams. 

6. Hannah Lee. 

7. Phebe Lee, married, 31 December, 1794, Francis Colgrove. 

8. Dinah Lee, born 1761 ; died 20 April, 1858 ; married Thaddeus Rockwell. 

9. Abigail Lee, born 6 September, 1762; died 1 February, 1828; married David 

Knapp, born 5 June, 1767; died 11 September, 1828. 

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March 18. — Studying, praying &c. 

March 19. — Preached at Hanover, Song of Solomon ii. 10-11; 
very warm weather ; snow mostly gone ; bad riding. 

March 20. — Warm weather ; wind east. 

March 21. — Very warm. 

March 22. — Rode to Mrs. Taylor's; married Mr. Gammet; con- 
ference at my house in the evening. 

March 23. — Colder weather. 

March 24. — Church meeting here. 

March 25. — Studying &c. 

March 26. — Rode to the Peekskill; preached Proverbs xiii. 14; 
2 Kings x. [15]. " Is thy heart" &c; in the evening at Mr. Birdsall's 
[preached], Matthew xi. 5; rain in the night. 

March 27. — Rode home, Mr. Ward came with me ; rode to Doctor 
White's. 

March 28. — At home; ploughed. 

March 29. — Rode to Mr. Jones's, 137b married his daughter to 
Mr. Jones of Dutchess County; rode to widow Owen's; preached 1 

10. Robert Perine Lee, born 16 April, 1766; died 19 November, 1848; married 
(1) Caroline C. Hawkins, born 26 May, 1771 ; died 20 May, 1812; (2) 
Elizabeth, daughter of Elijah Lee, born 19 July, 1794; died 24 March, 
185 1. He was for many years one of the leading members of the West- 
chester County bar. His estate lay on the main road from Crompond to 
Somers. 
Thomas 3 Lee, the third son of Joseph Lee, also by wife Abigail, was baptized 
at St. George's, Hempstead, 21 July, 1728, and died at Morristown, New Jersey, 
7 January, 1805. He married Dinah, a daughter of Peter Perine, of Staten Island, 
and the sister of his brother John's wife, who survived him. The date of his 
removal to Morristown is not clear, and he had probably resided for a short time 
at Woodbridge, New Jersey, but both himself and wife were members of the first 
Presbyterian Church of Morristown about 1770, and several of his children later 
became members. For some details of his family, see The Record of First Presby- 
terian Church, Morristown, New Jersey. 

mb jyjj. John Jones, of Peekskill, whose daughter Phebe married, according to 
his will of 7 March, 1806, Joseph Jones. The list of marriages in the Journal gives 
the names of the contracting parties as James Jones and Phebe Jones. 

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Timothy iv. 8; rode to Mr. Forman's, attended conference, rode 
home. 

March 30. — Gardening some ; lettuce, peas. 

March 31. — Church meeting at Mr. Forman's; raining in the 
forenoon. 

April 1 . — Very snowy day ; snowed about seven inches ; studying 
for &c. 

April 2. — Very stormy day, people did not meet till evening, at 
Mr. J. Lee's, preached 2 Corinthians ix. 19. 

April 3. — Pleasant morning, but no birds singing nor frogs peep- 
ing, Capt. Lewis came to see me. 

April 4. — Set off for Smith's Clove; rode to Mr. Brown's; staid 
all night, Smith came here to board. 

April 5. — Rode to Mr. Davenport's, preached John xii. 35 ; rode to 
David Lancaster's. 

April 6. — Went to Mr. Huff's ; attended fast ; went to Mr. Little's 
and staid. 

April 7. — Rode to Florida staid. 

April 8. — Rode to Blooming Grove. 

April 9. — Preached Proverbs xiii. 14; 2 Corinthians v. 19; at 
Deacon Coleman's Ephesians v. 15. 

April 10. — Rode to Oxford; preached [at] John Carp [enter's] 
Romans iii. 22 ; staid at John Seely's. 

April 11. — Rode to Florida; preached Psalms ; staid all 

night. 

April 12. — Rode to Jonathan Archer's; preached 1 Timothy iv. 
8 ; went to Timothy Smith's. 

April 13. — Rode to James Miller's, preached Psalms ix. 5 ; rode to 
Mr. Earle's preached Psalms lviii. 11 -12; married a couple this day; 
staid at Mr. Divin's. 138 

April 14. — Rode to Crum Pond; good riding. 

138 James Divin, an inn-keeper at Peekskill. 
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April 15. — At home; Ingersoll put calf into pasture; Captain 
Lewis went homeward ; studying &c &c. 

April 16. — Rode to Peekskill; preached Luke xxiv. 96; Psalms 
lviii. 11-12; at John Garrison's Psalms xcv. 

April 1 7. — Went to the Landing, in the afternoon rode home 

rainy weather. 

April 18. — Cloudy, northeast wind. 

April 19. — Cloudy, northeast wind, bought a cow of J. Lee paid £4. 

April 20. — Cloudy ; sowing oats ; Society meeting. 

April 21. — Cloudy; northeast wind; Mr. Joseph Lee's cow put 
into my pasture. 

April 22. — Cloudy; some rain in the morning, very rainy in the 
afternoon. 

April 23. — Warm but cloudy, preached at Hanover, Hosea x. 12. 

April 24. — Rain in the morning ; cloudy northeast weather. 

April 25. — Election; cleared off warm. 

April 26. — John Lee 139 moved from here; conference at Deacon 
Travis's. 

April 27. — Attended the funeral of widow Smith's child preached 
Genesis iii. 23. 

April 28. — Church meeting [at] Hanover; planted beets, carrots, 
beans &c. 

April 29. — Studying; cold wind. 

April 30. — Preached [at] Hanover, 2 Peter iii. 10; Colossians 
i. 13 ; Deacon Lee 139 died last night. 

May 1. — Cold north wind; attended the funeral of Deacon Lee, 
preached Luke xxiii. 

May 2. — Went to Salem; staid at Mr. Close's; Mr. Cornwell 
preached. 

May 3. — Rode to Mr. Mead's; preached John iv. 24; Mr. Corn- 
well preached ; staid at Mr. Mead's. 

m See note 137. 
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May 4. — Rode to North Salem ; Mr. Cornwell preached ; rode to 
Ben[jamin] Haight's; Mr. Cornwell preached; staid all night. 

May 5. — Rode home; fine growing weather since last Tuesday. 

May 6. — Studying &c. 

May, 7. — Rode to the Peekskill ; preached Ezekiel xvi. 6 ; Song of 
Solomon v. 16; staid at Dusenberry's. 

May 8. — Rode to Mr. Nelson's 140 preached 1 Timothy iv. 8; staid 
all night. 

May 9. — Rode to Mr. Birdsall's; bought coat lining and rode 
home. 

May 10. — Rode to Walter Ward's; preached Galatians iii. 13; 
staid all night. 

May 11. — Rode to Mr. Craft's; preached at Haight's, 1 Peter iv. 
7; Mr. Davenport preached Romans iii. 12; rode home. 

May 12. — Cloudy and some rain, fast day. 

May 13. — Studying &c. 

May 14. — Preached 1 John iv. 20; Deuteronomy xxxii. 29. 

May 1 5. — At home : Mr. Lee took his calves out of our lot. 

May 16. — Conference at Deacon Forman's: Doctor Bailey came 
from Salem. 

May 17. — Rainy Day forenoon; rode to Bedford, staid at Mac- 
Donald's. 

May 18. — Attended the Council at Mr. Davenport's; preached at 
his instalment, 1 Timothy iii. 1 ; Presbytery adjourned to second week. 

May 19. — Rode home. 

May 20. — Studying &c &c. 

May 21. — Preached at Hanover, Matthew xxiii. 17; Colossians 
iii. 1 ; sore boils. 

May 22. — St. John set off for Salem. 

May 23. — Rainy day : reading. 

May 24. — Conference here. 

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May 25. — Went to Mr. Lane's. 

May 26. — Church meeting. 

May 27. — At home : in conversation &c. 

May 28. — At Peekskill : preached Isaiah i. 2 Proverbs iii. 13; 
staid at Mr. Jones's. 

May 29. — Visiting ; rode home : rainy day : sore boils. 

May 30. — Rainy day : at home. 

May 31. — Cleared off : hot day. St. John came home from Salem. 

June 1. — Hot day; preached at Hanover, Romans viii. 13. 



June 2 
June 3 
June 4 
June 5 
June 6 
preached. 
June 7 
June 8 
June 9 



— Studying &c &c : boils better. 

— Studying for the Sabbath. 

— Preached &c. Isaiah xxxiii. 5 ; Matthew iii. 14. 

— Rode to Horseneck. Staid at Esq 1 " 

— Attended presbytery: Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Marsh 



-Attended presbytery. 
. — Attended presbytery; adjourned to the last Tuesday. 
-Rode to Keakatis preached Acts xiii. 41. 

June 10. — Rode home &c. Mr. Cornwell came with me. 

June 11. — Preached at Hanover, Matthew iii. 12; Psalms lxv. 45; 
married John Field 140b and [Frances] Perry. 

June 12. — Rode to Esq r Dusenbury's &c. 

June 13. — Growing weather. 

June 14. — Went to Mr. Abraham Wright's; preached funeral ser- 
mon, Proverbs xxix. 15; went to Mr. Forman's. 

June 15. — Began to visit the congregation by course. Mr. Forman 
went with me to Mr. Reyle's [Riley], to Fowlers and Fowlers and 
Hortons. 

June 16. — To Formans, Reynoldes, Gawlers, Headlys, Hates 
[Haight], Hortons, Perrys, Wiggins, Fields, Prices, Brewers, Car- 
mans, Ketchams &c. 

" 0b John Field, son of John Field, of Yorktown, by his wife Lydia Hazard. He 
married, as above, Frances Perry. 

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June 17. — Cloudy morning, hot. 

June 18. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John ii. Mark viii. 36-7; staid 
at Dusenbury's. 

June 19. — Rode to Esq 1 " Dusenbury's, preached John xii. 35; rode 
home. 

June 20. — Visited with Mr. Lee [the] Budds, Knaps; B. Field, 
L. Horton, Hortons, Hortons, Carmans, Hows, S. Begle [Bedle]. 

June 21. — Visited [the] Hallocks, Hunts, Whitneys, Whitneys, 
C. Montross, Lewis, Woodhulls, Putneys, W. Begle [Bedle], 
Wrights and others; staid all night at Wright's. 

June 22. — [Visited] B. Wright, Weeks, Vincents, Coults, Travis; 
rode to Mr. Badeau's ; attended church ; rode home. 

June 23. — Went fishing; studying &c. 

June 24. — Studying &c. 

June 25. — Preached at Crompond Matthew xii. 41 ; Proverbs 
iv. 1-7. 

June 26. — Visiting [at] J. Lee's, Weeks's, Forman's, Chatterton's, 
Lane's, Lane's, Highat's [Hyatt], Strang's, Haight's, Ingersol's and 
Esq 1 " Lee's. 

June 27. — Rainy day in the forenoon. 

June 28. — Rode to Deacon Travis's visited and returned home, 
studying &c. 

June 29. — Visited C. Strang, W. Travis, W. Frost, Carman's, 
Sands, preached [at] Mr. Whitney's, Jeremiah xxviii. 12. 

June 30. — Studying. 

July 1. — Studying, Judge Purdy came here. 

July 2. — Preached [at] Hanover, Romans vii. 9; Ephesians iv. 21. 

July 3. — Rode to Peekskill married John Highat [Hyatt] and Kate 
Clark and Thomas Clark and Betsy Lent. 140c 

July 4. — Picked a mess of peas and beans. 



140c 



Mr. Constant's separate list of marriages in the Journal gives the name of 
the bride as Sarah, and not Betsy, Lent. In 1814 Thomas Clark was living in Cort- 
landt, on a farm adjoining John Lent. 

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July 5. — Went to Amawalk, preached [the] widow Wright's 
funeral sermon Amos iv. 12; went to Benjamin Hate's [Haights], 
preached John xii. 35 ; staid at Peter Knap's. 

July 6. — Rode to Salem, preached Revelation xv. 3 ; rode home. 

July 7. — Rainy morning; cleared off hot. 

July 8. — Rainy morning ; studying for the [Sabbath] &c. 

July 9. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Mathew xxii. 42; Luke xix. 26 
rode home, married James Dequam ? and Mary demons. 

July 10. — At home &c. 

July II. — At home; reading &c. 

July 12. — Ditto. 

July 13. — Visiting [the] Woods, Longs, Lyons, Carmans, Conk- 
lings, Bashfords, Highatts, Thornes, Doolittles, Carmans, Sherreds, 
Fowlers, Thorns. 

July 15. — Mr. Baldwin came here [and] Mr. Burritt. 

July 16. — Rode to Doctor Cornelius's, preached, Jeremiah xxviii. 
12; John iv. 24. 

July 17. — At home, Mr. Burritt and boys pulling flax. 

July 18. — At home. 

July 19. — Studying [and] reading. 

July 20. — Studying &c. 

July 21. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

July 22. — Preached [at] Hanover, 1 John i. 3 ; Proverbs vi. 
6-8. 

July 23. — People mowing my hay; rode to Esq r Dusenbury's 
to preach funeral sermon on the death of his wife, Ecclesiastes vii. 

17- 

July 24. — Raking hay. 

July 25.— Haying 

July 26. — Stacking hay and rode to Mr. Sands preached 1 Timothy 
iv. 8 ; rode home. 

July 27. — Carting in the last of my hay in the morning. 

July 28. — Rainy some part of the day. 

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July 29. — Studying; sowed turnips. 

July 30. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Corinthians v. 24; Ephesians 
iv. 18; rode home. 

July 31. — Wind in the east. 

August 3. — At Dr. White's [and] Luke De Lancey's. 



— At Major Strang's &c. 

At Mr. Carman's. 
— Rode to Bedford. 

— Preached at Bedford, Romans vii. 9 ; John iv. 25. 
— Visited and conversed with some. 

Preached at Bedford, Ezekiel xliii. 1 ; staid at Mr. 



August 4. 

August 5. 

August 6. 

August 7. 

August 8. 

August 9. 
Raymond's. 

August 10. — Rode to Croton; heard Mr. Davenport preach at 
Montross's; rode home; blessed be God for his goodness to me and 
my family. 

August 11. — At home studying &c. 

August 12. — Smith making box. 

August 13. — Preached at Hanover, Proverbs xxviii. 13; Matthew 
viii. 23-7. 

August 14. — Rainy day; Spencer here from Salem. 

August 15. — Sleding oats, reading history of 

August 16-17. — Preached at Justice Mead's, 1 Peter ii. 7. 

August 18. — Sore eyes, cannot read. 

August 19. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

August 20. — Preached at Peekskill, Acts ii. 37-8; Luke xix. 1-7; 
staid at John Garrison's. 

August 21. — Rode to Luke Russell's, Jonathan Ferris's [and] 
John Lee Jun's. 

August 22. — Rode to Captain Strang's, Cohoon's, Solomon 
Smith's [and] John Smith's. 

August 23. — Hot weather; oh the goodness of God in sending 
fruitful seasons ; married Jacob Denyke. 

August 24. — Rode to Mr. Buckbee's. 

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August 25. — Day of fasting and prayer; preached xlii. Psalm and 
Mark ii. 19-20. 

August 26. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

August 27. — Preached at Hanover, John xvi. 9-1 1 ; John vii. 3-7 
cold day. 

August 28. — Clear morning. 

August 29. — Rainy day. 

August 30. — St. John went home with Polly; rode to preach a 
funeral sermon at Mr. Secord's, Genesis iii. 23 ; preached at Elnathan 
Hait's, 2 Corinthians vii. 1. 

August 3 1 . — Rode to Thomas Bashford's preached from Matthew 
vi. 2iZ 5 married Travis and Abigail Owen. 

September 1. — Studying &c; rode to John Lee Jun's. 

September 2. — Preached sacramental lecture Luke i. 6-9. 

September 3. — Preached at Hanover and administered sacrament; 
baptized Susanna Hait ; Hosea iii. 3 ; Revelations iii. 2. 

September 4. — Preached [at] John Carman's Luke xiv. 2; mar- 
ried Isaac Smith [and Sarah Beagle]. 141 

September 5. — Rainy day; at home reading. 

September 6. — Rode to W. Ward's ; preached Luke xv. 2 ; staid at 
Mr. Beadle's; 141 married Wright. 

141 Isaac Smith, of Somers, made his will 21 February, 1827, proved 4 April 
following. (Westchester Wills, L, hi.) His legatees were wife Sarah; Hannah 
Osburn ; the sons of Ebenezer Osburn ; Aaron and Ebenezer Wright, of Somers ; 
and David Bedle. Mr. Constant's separate list of marriages gives the wife's name 
as Sarah Beagle; it should, however, be Bedle. She was the daughter of Ephraim. 
Bedle, of Yorktown, whose will of 16 September, 1809, named children Samuel, 
Deborah, Daniel, David, Sarah Smith, Mary Horton, Elizabeth Wright, Hannah 
Osburn, and Jacob ; the children of deceased son Stephen ; the children of deceased 
son William; grandson Edmund, son of daughter Deborah; and son-in-law Benja- 
min Wright. Of Ephraim Bedle's children, Stephen was buried 6 March, 1795, and 
his son Stephen was baptized 8 July following ; David married Milicent Wright, 
30 April, 1788, and died in June, 1848; Daniel married Nancy Powell, 15 October, 
1789; Samuel married Mary, daughter of Seth Whitney, 4 February, 1790, and died 
without issue, in May, 1827; Sarah married Isaac Smith, as above; Elizabeth 
married 28 April, 1790, Benjamin Wright, q. v. 



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September 7. — Rode to B. Hate's [Haight] ; preached Luke xv. 
2 ; rode home. 

September 8. — At home ; Mr. Forman came here. 

September 9. — Studying, &c &c. 

September 10. — Rode to Peekskill preached Proverbs xxi. 20; 
Luke xvi. 19-31 ; in the evening at Isaac Lent's, Matthew viii. 33 rode 
home. 

September 11. — At home till afternoon, [then] at John Lee's. 

September 12. — At home reading &c. 

September 13. — At home; Mrs. Constant went to John Lee's 
funeral. 

September 14. — Rode to Sands [and] Peter Carman's; staid all 
night. 

September 15. — Rode home; studying. 

September 16. — Studying. 

September 17. — Preached at Hanover, Isaiah xxviii. 12. 

September 18. — Rainy morning. 

September 19. — Rainy in the forenoon, rode to Peter Carman's, 
preached Luke x. 42 ; staid all night. 

September 20. — Warm, rode home in the morning; lecture at J. 
Ingersoll's ; church meeting, baptized Mrs. Ingersoll's children. 

September 21. — Rode to Mr. Avery's; preached Romans iii. 20; 
married Ingersoll. 

September 22. — Rode to Major Hill's; to New Marlborough, saw 
Mr. Case. 

September 23. — At Mr. Foote's. 

September 24. — Preached at Marlborough. 

September 25. — Rode to Mr. Bradner's &c. 

September 26. — Preached at Deacon Cuningham's, Luke x. 42; 
rode to Florida. 

September 27. — At Florida, saw Shepherd. 

September 28. — Rode to Smiths Clove preached in the evening 
Luke x. 42. 

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September 29. — Rode home. 

September 30. — Studying for the Sabbath. 

October 1. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke x. 42, Romans i. 16; 
rode to Hanover preached Psalms xiii. 14. 

October 2. — Cloudy morning. 

October 3. — Rode to Esq r Crane's &c. 

October 4. — At home, boys gathering apples, conference here in 
evening. Mr. Piatt put his horses into my lot. 

October 5. — Went to Peekskill with Mrs. Constant. 

October 6. — At home. 

October 7. — Rode to the Red Mills preached at the funeral of Mrs. 
Serine, Luke x. 42. 

October 8. — Preached at Hanover, Ephesians vi. 11 ; Actsxxvi. 18. 

October 9. — Clear and cold ; [went] to Bashfords; married 

[David] Dickerson [and Suke Totten]. 141b 

October 10. — Rode to presbytery with Mr. Lewis at Philippy; 142 
heard Mr. Rogers preach. 

October 11. — Mr. Lewis 142 preached; attended presbytery; 
preached at four o'clock p.m.; presbytery adjourned to the first 
Wednesday in May. 

October 12. — Rode home to Hanover; Mr. Lewis preached in 
the meeting house. 

141b See duplicate list of marriages. 

142 Rev. Ichabod Lewis, who was ordained as colleague of the venerable Rev. 
John Smith, of the White Plains Presbyterian Church, 11 October, 1769. After the 
burning of that church, in 1776, Mr. Lewis removed to Bedford and from thence 
to Philippi, now Southeast, in Putman County, where he succeeded the Rev. Elisha 
Kent, grandfather of the illustrious chancellor, James Kent, of New York, and 
great-grandfather of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer. Mr. Lewis died 
8 April, 1798, aged forty-nine years, and lies in the Sears burying-ground in South- 
east. The Church has been known as the Presbyterian Church of Doansburg, Kent's 
Parish, the First Church in Philipse Precinct, East Church of Philippi, Eastern 
Society of the South Precinct, and Union Society of Southeast. It was Presbyterian 
until 1809, when it became Congregational, and so remained until 26 April, 1826, 
when it returned to the Presbytery. 



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October 13. — Mr. Lewis returned ; boys winnowing buckwheat. 

October 14. — Studying &c. 

October 15. — Preached at Hanover, Isaiah xlv. 25 ; John iii. 18. 

October 16. — Rode to Red Mills; preached Haggai ii. 3. 

October 17. — Rainy day. 

October 18. — Mrs. Constant set off for Salem. 

October 19. — Conference at Mr. Carman's. 

October 20. — At home; went to Mr. Delancey's. 

October 21. — Studying &c. 

October 22. — Preached at Peekskill, Proverbs xxiii. 2-6. 

October 2^. — Rode to Mr. Hait's; preached John iv. 25. 

October 24. — Rode to Salem; preached Isaiah xlv. 25. 

October 25. — Preached at Salem. 

October 26. — [In the] evening preached at Mr. Spencer's, Luke 
x. 42. 

October 27. — Set off for Hanover; rode to Salem; preached 
Matthew xxii. 42. 

October 28. — Rode home. 

October 29. — Preached at Hanover, Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

October 30. — Snow three inches deep. 

October 31. — Set off for New Jersey to presbytery; staid at 
Pompton. 

November 1. — Rode to Mr. Green's attended presbytery. 

November 2. — Attended presbytery; adjourned to first Tuesday 
in January; set off for home; rode to Esq 1 " Saveran(?) rode to 
Kekaat ; preached Luke x. ; at Haverstraw, at Mr. Benson's. 

November 4. — Rode home ; studying &c. 



November 5 
November 6 
November 7 
November 8 
November 9 
monthly meeting. 

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— Preached at Hanover, Job ii. 3. 

— Mr. Western came to see me. 

— Went to see Mr. Barret. 

— At Deacon Travis's. 

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November 10. — Rode home. 

November n. — Studying &c &c .... rode to Peekskill married 
Dr. Adams. 143 

November 12. — Preached at Peekskill, John iii. 14-15; 1 Thessa- 
lonians v. 17; staid at Duzenbury's. 

November 13. — Rode to Mr. Birdsall's reckoned with him; due to 
him on Book, £17-7-7; rode home. 

November 14. — Cold morning; Mr. Fowler and others came to my 
installment ; Mr. Lewis preached in the evening. 

November 15. — I was installed over the church at Crompond; Mr. 
Fowler preached. 

November 16. — Rode to Major Hill's; Mr. Lewis preached; staid 
all night ; snow two inches. 

November 17. — Rode to Pleasant Valley; preached in the evening 
1 Thessalonians v. 17; at Aaron Forman's; staid all night. 

November 18. — Preached 1 Peter ii. 4; rode to Mr. Bloomer's 
preached in the evening Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

November 18. — Preached at Great Hollow, John iv. 19; in the 
evening at Mr. Gazeley's Revelations iii. 20 ; snow two inches. 

November 19. — Rode to Staats Borough; preached John i. 12; at 
Joseph Vought's. 

November 20. — Rode to widow Smith's; preached Luke x. 42; 
rode to Col. Hopkins's, preached 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

November 21. — Rode to Cornwall. 

November 22. — Preached at Cornwall John iv. 24; Isaiah 
lxiii. 1. 

November 23. — Rode to New Fairfield. 

November 24. — Rode home. 

November 25. — Preached at Hanover, John iv. 17; in the evening 
[at] Deacon Forman's Psalms cxix. 9. 

143 Dr. Samuel Adams, a Scotchman by birth, died about 1828. He lived in 
the vicinity of Mt. Pleasant. According to Mr. Constant's duplicate list, he mar- 
ried Sarah Petton. 

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November 26. — At Mr. Nelson's, married Major Drake 144 
[Joshua Drake] and [Ann] Nelson. 

November 27. — Killing cow and hogs. 

November 28. — Salting beef. 

November 30. — At Mr. Likely's preached 1 John i. 12. 

December 1. — At Daniel Horton's; Mr. Western came here. 

December 2. — Studying &c. 

December 3. — Preached at Red Mills, 1 Thessalonians v. 17; at 
Mrs. Brew[er's], preached 1 John i. 12; rode home. 

December 4. — Cold Day, like for snow; snow in night, fifteen 
inches. 

December 5. — Very cold and snowy. 

December 6. — Getting wood ; broke path. 

December 7. — Went over to Croton; preached [at] Mr. 
Gerow's (?), John i. 2; in the evening preached at Mrs. Sand's, 1 
Thessalonians v. 17; snow four inches. 

December 8. — Rode to G. McFarden's prayed and exhorted ; rode 
to D. Travis's, conference meeting. 

December 9. — Very cold and snows fast ; snow twelve inches. 

December 10. — Preached at Mr. Lee's, Jeremiah 1. 55. 



December 11 
December 12 
December 13 
December 14 



— Clear cold ; broke path &c. 

— At home reading &c. 

— Cloudy ; some warmer. 

— Warm thawy weather; rode to Walter Ward's; 



preached Matthew xvii. 5; at Mr. Whitney's, preached John i. 12. 

1M Joshua Drake, one of the sons of William Drake, Esq., of Peekskill, was 
born 14 October, 1759, and died 20 February, 1818; his wife, Ann Nelson, was 
born 3 December, 1768, and died March, 1822; both husband and wife are buried 
in St. Peter's graveyard at Peekskill. Mr. Drake was commissioned ensign in 
Captain Samuel Sackett's company, Fourth Battalion, New York militia, 21 Novem- 
ber, 1776, and served as Captain of Levies from 23 October, 1780, to 21 May, 1783. 
His children were Phebe, born 1787; died 15 December, 1846; married, 22 October, 
1803, Robert Crumbie, born, Philadelphia, 8 November, 1777; died, New York, 
7 May, 1858; Sarah, married Randolph Beaumont; Tamer, married Isaac E. 
Beecher; Ruth, Cornelius, William, Ann, Joshua, and Nelson. 

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December 15. — Getting wood; people here. 

December 16. — At home studying &c. 

December 17. — Mr. Burrit 145 preached from Ezekiel xviii. 30; 
preached in the evening Proverbs xxiv. 35 ; married James Write 
[Wright]. 

December 18. — Clear and pleasant; rode to Collabergh; married 
Daniel Hate 146 [Haight] ; rode to Peekskill; got cloth for coat &c. 

December 19. — Went to G. McFarden's, preached, John iv. 12; 
snow two inches. 

December 20. — At home, Dr. White here; conference [at] Deacon 
Forman's. 

December 21. — At Major Strang's &c; pleasant day; St. John 
carried 14 lb Y\ of corn to Mr. Birdsall, sent three brown one dollars 
for flour to New York. 

December 22. — St. John carried 15 bushels of corn to Mr. Bird- 
sail. 

December 23. — Rainy day; studying; sore, eyes; sold Mr. Piatt 
oxen for £19. 

ia Rev. Blackleach Burritt, pastor of the West Philippi or Gilead Presbyterian 
Church, of Carmel, at whose house in Carmel the Presbytery met 1 December, 
1783. His charge also embraced the church at Fredericksburg, now Patterson, 
Putman County. In the absence of the Rev. Mr. Sackett during the Revolution, 
Mr. Burritt also served the Church at Crompond, and while so engaged was cap- 
tured by the British. 

146 According to the duplicate list of marriages, found at the end of this Journal, 
Daniel Haight married Sarah Barret. He was the son of John Haight of Cortlandt, 
by his wife Sarah Seafles, born 26 July, 1765, and is named in his father's will of 
11 May, 1809, with surviving brothers and sisters: Moses, John, Solomon, Eliza- 
beth, wife of William Fowler, and Phebe, to whom is given " land on the road that 
leads from Yorktown to Peekskill, west of Mr. Gregory's bridge." The wife of 
Daniel Haight was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Barret, of Cortlandt, born 
10 November, 1766; died 28 April, 1827. (See note 201.) She and her husband 
were legatees under her father's will of 23 April, 1799, as were also their children 
John and Elizabeth Haight. Their children were : John B., born 20 December, 
1796; died 24 December, 1830; who married (1) Jemima McCord, born 23 March, 
1800; died 9 February, 1818; and (2) Aletta, daughter of Peter Goetchius; Eliza- 
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December 24. — Not able to go to the Peekskill by reason of the 
snow ; new snow ; seven inches ; preached at home Proverbs i. 

December 25. — Rode to the Peekskill preached funeral at J. Man- 
deville's (his son dead). 

December 26. — Rode to Dr. White's [and] Mr. Carman's. 

December 27. — Rode to Captain Brown's; preached [at] Haite's 
school house Jeremiah 1. 5. 

December 28. — St. John carried nineteen bushels of corn to Mr. 
Birdsall. 

December 29, 30. — Studying &c. (unwell). 

December 31. — Preached at Hanover, John vi. 51; at Deacon 
Forman's, Luke xv. last. Thus I have ended the year 1786. Alas how 
poor a part I have acted ; may God forgive all amiss for Christ's sake ! 



1787 

January 1. — May God give his gracious presence and enable me 
to walk in his precepts and make this year famous for the great good 
done to his Church. At home reading &c. (Sore hand). 

January 2. — At Mr. Osborn's; preached Jeremiah 1. 5. 



January 3 

at Esq r Lee's. 

January 4 

January 5 

ined &c. 

January 6 
January 7 



— At Mr. E. Haight's; preached Job vii. 16; conference 

— At Esq r Lanes; preached Jeremiah .1. 5. 

— Church meeting here; have Susan Russel exam- 



— Fast day ; cloudy and cold. 

— Preached at Hanover, The Song of Solomon vii. 5 ; 
administered sacrament &c; [in the] evening at Deacon Travis's, 
Luke xix. 25. 

January 8. — Pleasant morning; Ingersoll finished my coat; in 
evening, snow four inches. 

January 9. — At home; stormy day. 

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January 10. — Rode to Cornelius Tomkins's; 147 preached Luke 
xxii. 67-8-9 ; married Nehemiah Tomkins ; rode home. 

January 1 1 . — Cold but pleasant ; conference at Deacon Travis's. 

January 12. — At home; getting wood &c. 

January 13. — Rode to the White Plains [to] Judge Tomkins's. 

January 14. — Preached John iv. 24; in the evening Ezekiel lxiii. 1. 

January 15. — Rode to John Montross's; preached John i. 12; 
rode to Walter Ward's, preached Colossians iii. 1. Oh how have 
I spent the thirty-seven years past, may God give me grace to 
mend ! 

January 16. — Rode to Whitney's, home. 

January 17. — At John Lee's and Mr. Wolsey's; conference here. 

January 19. — Getting wood &c; at Mr. Travis's. 

January 20. — Studying, prayer and self-examination; renewing 
Covenant &c. 

January 21. — Preached at Mr. Purdy's, Matthew xxv. 10; at 
Captain Highat's, 2 Corinthians v. 17. 

January 22. — Preached funeral sermon of Susannah Hiat, Amos 

" T According to the duplicate list of marriages his bride was Armstrong. 

And it was probably this Nehemiah who, with wife Margaret, gave a mortgage, 
14 April, 1799, to Cortlandt Van Buren, and on 26 April of the same year to William 
Polluck, he then of Fishkill. His great-grandson stated that he had a brother 
John and a sister Jerusha, who married Caleb Fowler, and that he was three times 
married, first to Margaret Armstrong, and later to Melissa Plumstead ; name of the 
other wife unknown. His children by wife Margaret were: 

Fanny Tompkins, married Creede. 

John Tompkins, married Sally Hopkins. 

Armstrong Tompkins, married Hannah W. Runyon. 

Ira G. Tompkins, married Hannah Eddington. 

Seaman G. Tompkins, married Rosannah M. Runyon. 

Charles Tompkins, married Harriet Hopkins. 

Robert Tompkins. 

Other children were : 

Nehemiah Tompkins, died unmarried. 

Margaret Tompkins, married Goddard. 

Maria Tompkins, married Sidney Groff. 

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iv. 12 — Prepare to meet &c. ; went in evening to hear Mr. Cook; rain, 
hail and snow three inches. 

January 23. — Cloudy and cold, went to Mrs. Budd's; in the even- 
ing to School meeting at Esq r Lee's. 

January 24. — Unwell; went to Mr. Likely's; 148 preached Matthew 

148 The first mention of John Lickley, or Likely, as the name is sometimes spelled, 
in New York, appears to be that of his marriage to Martha Barret, under date of 
15 April, 1770, when both are described as " of Van Cortlandt's Manor" (Records of 
the First and Second Presbyterian Churches of New York), and shortly afterwards 
— in 1772 — he was appointed pound-master for Canopus Hollow, in Philipstown. 
Canopus was the name of a tribe of Indians who lived in Westchester County, near 
the line of Putnam, and extended up into the hollow which perpetuates their name 
in the western part of what is now the town of Putnam Valley. John Lickley is said 
to have come from Scotland, and was, after a residence in that part of Dutchess now 
Putnam County, a man of local influence. He was also a man of education and one 
of the early town clerks of Philipstown. The town meetings were frequently held 
at his house. Just what relation he bore to the Peter Likely who also appears on 
the records of Philipstown, between 1772 and 1782, cannot now be determined, for 
the entire existence of the latter seems to be based on the casual entry of his name 
on the town records. The names of Joseph Lightley and William Lightley appear 
on the roll of Captain William Gilchrist's company of Westchester County militia, 
dated 15 May, 1761. (New York Colonial Series, vol. ii.) The former was regis- 
tered as twenty-one years of age, the latter twenty-four, and both as born in " Old 
England." This is doubtless the same name, and probably the original form. The 
name Lightlie is an ancient one in England, where the family bore for arms, Argent, 
on a fesse sable an annulet of the field ; and Lickley, which must be but a corruption 
of this, is found in no work on surnames. Before the Revolution John Lickley was 
a tenant of Colonel Beverly Robinson, under the system of rental practised in the 
manors. Actual sale of manorial lands in fee to settlers was rare, it being almost 
the invariable rule that the persons residing upon them did not acquire possession of 
the soil occupied, at least until the Revolution had brought about the disintegration 
of the manors. So, when peace had once more settled upon the valley of Canopus, 
Mr. Lickley purchased, on 27 October, 1783, from the Commissioners of Forfeiture, 
ninety-six and three-quarters acres of land in Philipse Precinct, " already in his pos- 
session" (Dutchess Deeds, ii. 117-118), to which he added eighty-seven acres, 9 
April, 1787 (ibid., xi. 399), two hundred and seventy-six acres on 16 April, 1795 
(ibid., xiv. 394), and small lots purchased from Abraham Baker and Mary his wife, 
and from Levi Owens and Sarah his wife, in 1797. (Putnam Deeds, F, 166-168.) 
Some of his land adjoined that on which the Croft Iron Mine is situated. From the 
frequency of Mr. Constant's visits to the house of John Lickley, he would appear to 
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ix. 13; married Ashel Gillet; rode to Esq r Duzenbury's; preached 
Ezekiel iii. 1 ; staid at William Duzen[bury's]. 

January 25. — Rode to Hilliker's; married Evan Jones and Anne 

of St. Peter's, Peekskill. He died intestate, 17 November, 1807, aged seventy-three 
years. He married, as above, Martha, daughter of John and Elizabeth Barret, born, 
according to her tombstone at St. Peter's in 1750; died 19 March, 1831. Issue: 

1. Henry Lickley, who, with wife Sarah, executed a quit claim deed, 19 April, 

1809, to Martha, widow of John Lickley, of sundry lands of which the latter 
died possessed. 

2. Elizabeth Lickley, born 29 May, 1772; died 27 July, 1816; married, 27 October, 

1789, Frederick Bell, whom Mr. Constant incorrectly calls William Bell, 
in his marriage entry. 

3. William Lickley, born 18 December, 1773; died 1 October, 1805. 

4. Absalom Lickley, married Rachel Meeks, and had Michael, Hannah, and John. 

5. Margaret Lickley, born 17 November, 1779; died 3 December, 1820; married 

Isaac Anderson, and removed to New York. 

6. Abraham Lickley, born 16 March, 1781 ; died 3 December, 1801. 

7. John Lickley, born 6 October, 1790; died 14 January, 1843; married Mary 

Cole. 
3. William Lickley, son of John and Martha Lickley, was born in Philipstown, 
18 December, 1773; died 1 October, 1805, and was buried in St. Peter's church-yard 
at Peekskill. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Bell by his wife Jane Jones, 
born 22 October, 1776; died 30 July, 1867. She married, before 13 April, 1808, 
Stephen Mekeel, born 29 July, 1777; died 2 May, 1859; by whom she had: 1. Jane 
Mekeel, born 5 August, 1809; married Henry, son of Joshua Haight by his wife 
Mary Warren. 2. John Mekeel. 3. Mary Mekeel. 4. Michael Mekeel. The chil- 
dren of William and Elizabeth (Bell) Lickley were: 

1. Daniel Odell Lickley, married (1) Jane Katselides; (2) 

2. Sarah Lickley, married Sylvanus Ferris. 

3. Abraham Lickley, died unmarried. 

4. Phebe Lickley, born 13 August, 1804; died 15 December, 1870; married, 15 

February, 1824, Sylvanus Warren, Esq., of Cold Spring, born 15 November, 
1799; died 19 February, 1859. (See Warren family, in Appendix.) 
7. John Lickley, born 6 October, 1790; died 14 January, 1843. Under date of 
2 December, 1820, he purchased from Isaac Anderson and Margaret his wife, of 
New York, property in Philipstown bordering on lands already in his possession; 
and on 8 January, 1830, his mother, Martha Lickley, also conveyed to .him various 
tracts of land in Philipstown (Putnam Deeds, A, 357-359; F, 166-168). He mar- 
ried, 20 April, 1809, Mary, the daughter of Ebenezer Cole, born 14 December, 1791 ; 
died 18 July, 1876. Their children were : 

1. Martha Ann Lickley, born 28 January, 1810; died 15 May, 1834. 

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Simmons and Enoch Knap; 148b in the evening preached at Henry- 
Carmen's, Matthew ix. 13; rode home. 

January 26. — Rainy morning; went to Mr. William Beagle's; 
preached Matthew ix. 13; staid all night. 

January 2.J. — Rode home, studying. 

January 28. — Preached at Hanover, Acts xxiv. 25 ; at Mr. Whit- 
ney's John ix. 31. 

January 29. — At home ; people getting wood ; snow three inches. 

January 30. — Rode to Philippi, to Monthly Meeting preached 
John vii. 37. 

January 31. — Rode home by Mr. Haight's; paid him £1-2-6. 

February 1. — At home; reading Flavel; at Captain Strang's in 
evening; snow one inch. 

February 2. — Rode to Peekskill and preached funeral sermon of 
John Duzenbury's child, Lamentations iii. 13; rode home. 

February 3. — Snowy morning, three inches ; studying &c. 

February 4. — Went to Peekskill ; very cold ; preached Isaiah xlv. 
25 ; at Major Drake's Jeremiah 1. 4-5 ; staid at Duzenbury's. 

February 5. — Went to see Van Tassel, 149 who is sick; rode home, 
some people drawing wood. 

2. Mary Lickley, born 25 September, 181 1; married Dr. John Tompkins, of 

Peekskill 

3. William C. Lickley, born 28 March, 1814 ; married Juliet Smith. 

4. Adelia Lickley, married James H. Romer. 

5. Margaret Lickley, married Thomas Utter. 

6. Esther Elizabeth Lickley, married, 6 May, 1843, Samuel Croft. 

7. Sarah Emeline Lickley, married Robert P. Buckbee. 

>8. John Mead Lickley, born 8 May, 1826; married Emeline Horton. 
9. James Barret Lickley, married Mary Bunnell. 

10. Ebenezer Lickley, born 6 January, 1830; died, unmarried, 6 September, 1898. 

11. Infant child, died 6 December, 1831. 

148b The duplicate list gives this marriage as Enoch Knap and [Esther] Wright. 

148 John Van Tassel, a member of Mr. Constant's church, and the only one of the 
Van Tassel name on the roll of membership, except Dalla Van Tassel. His will, 
dated 3 February, 1787, proved 12 May, 1791 (Westchester Wills, A, 247), describes 
him as of Ryck's Patent, and left his estate to wife Rebecca and sister Mary Males. 

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February 6. — People drawing wood, Mr. Carman and wife here; 
married Amos Brown [and Simmons]. 

February 7. — People drawing sawed logs ; studying. 

February 8. — Went to Archer Reed's, preached Jeremiah 1. 5 ; 
snow five inches. 

February 9. — Rode home; some sledding; getting wood; Mr. 
Russel here. 

February 10. — Studying &c. 

February 11. — Preached at Hanover, Hebrews ix. 27. (rain). 

February 12. — Cloudy morning, (bad cold). Oh for the grace of 
God to be shed abroad in my heart. [At] Dr. Standly's, preached Mat- 
thew ix. 13. 

February 13. — Pleasant day; trustees here. 

February 14. — Rainy day; at home reading. 

February 15. — Married Jesse Marshall and Sarah Brown. 

February 16. — At Mr. Forman's and Pullen's; preached Romans 
iv. 12; — baptized his children. 

February 17. — Studying &c. 

February 18. — Preached at Hanover, John xv. 25; in the evening 
at Stephen Lane's. 

February 19. — Warm weather; married Abner Cutter and Susan 
Miller. 

February 20. — Preached at Deacon Forman's, Acts xiii. 36. 

February 21. — Cold day at home conferences here in evening. 

February 22. — Rode to Archer Reed's; preached, 1 Peter ii. 4; 
rode to Mr. Pinkney's, preached, 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

February 2^. — Rode home, at Wards, Smiths, Whitneys. 

He was the son, and probably the only one, of Abraham Van Tassel, of Cortlandt, 
whose will of 10 October, 1794, proved 10 March, 1795 (ibid., B., 287), named 
daughters Mary Males, Winchy Lent, and Catharine Tice. The name was originally 
spelled Van Texel, " after the place in Holland which gave birth to this heroic line," 
and suggests " Wolferts Roost," the " Van Tassel House," and " Sunny Side," near 
Tarrytown, than which there is scarcely a building in America more replete with 
poetic interest, through the fame of its chronicler, Washington Irv' ^. 

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February 24. — Studying; thawing weather. 

February 25. — Rode to Peekskill, preached Revelation xxii. 17; 
at Isaac Lent's, 1 John iii. 1. All night at Peekskill. 

February 26. — At John Horton's, preached [at] Bells, 150 Acts xiii. 
41 ; to visit Cornelius Tomkins's; 1M staid at Duzenbury's. 



150 Peter Bell was born in Dutchess County, New York, in 1743, and at the age 
of nineteen years entered Captain Peter Harris's company of Dutchess County 
militia, 30 March, 1762, for service against the French and Indians. At the time 
of his enlistment his personal appearance is partially described on the muster rolls 
of his company, — " brown hair, blue eyes, brown complexion." Another of the name 
Bell — William — was also of this company, and enlisted 5 April, 1762, aged twenty- 
one. They may have been brothers, and the sons of William Bell, who was plaintiff 
in a suit in Dutchess County in May, 1744. Peter Bell also served in the Revolution, 
and it is said that he was famous for his stories of camp life at Valley Forge. 

A canteen which belonged to Peter Bell is now in possession of Mrs. Washing- 
ton A. Roebling. It was, until recently, the property of Henry Van Tassel, of Wap- 
pinger's Falls, New York, who is now over ninety years of age, and who owned and 
used the canteen for upward of seventy years, it having been given to him by his 
father, Henry Van Tassel, who married the youngest daughter of Peter Bell. It is 
possible that the canteen and his musket, owned by Mr. Van Tassel, are relics of 
his earlier campaign of 1762-1763. Before the Revolution, Mr. Bell held a farm in 
the Philipse Patent, containing one hundred and thirty-six and one-half acres, under 
a lease from Colonel Roger Morris and the beautiful Mary Philipse, his wife, which, 
after the act of attainder and forfeiture of estates was passed, Mr. Bell purchased 
outright, under date of 24 October, 1783, the property being thus . described : 



m Cornelius Tompkins, Esq., of Philipstown, Dutchess County, now the town 
of Putnam Valley, in Putnam County, son of Nathaniel Tompkins, born 18 July, 
1756; died 30 January, 1826. His will, dated 2 August, 1825, named wife Susanna, 
to whom he left a life interest in land in Peekskill Hollow, with remainder to son 
George W. Tompkins ; son Samuel, to whom was given the right, title, and interest 
in farm formerly owned by Nathaniel Tompkins, deceased ; sons Cornelius J. and 
Jones, the farm called the Odell farm; grandson Cornelius J., daughters Sarah, 
Elizabeth, Polly, Hannah, Abigail, and Susan, six shares in farm formerly owned 
by Peter Bell; son-in-law John Wardwell and son Samuel executors. He mar- 
ried Susannah Jones, born 28 May, 1760, and died 31 July, 1851. Their children 
were: Hannah, died young; Sarah, Cornelius, Samuel, Mary, Jones, Elizabeth, 
Hannah, Abigail, Ananias, George Washington, died young; Susannah, and George 
Washington. 

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February 27. — Rode home, snow two inches, then to D r Cor- 
nelius's monthly meeting, preached Revelation xxii. 17; rode home, 
warm, cloudy. 

" All that certain tract or parcel of land situated in Philipse precinct in Dutchess 
County, now in possession of Peter Bell, beginning at a Sassafrax sapling on the 
west side of Lain's Brook and on the south side of William Colegrove's land and 
runs from thence along the said Colegrove's land north 42 degrees, 30 minutes, 
West 33 chains, 80 links to a white oak tree, thence along the land of John Horton, 
North 68 degrees West 22 chains 40 links to heap of stone, the beginning a corner 
of Henry Post's land, Isaac Odel's land and along the same and the land of Esther 
Van Tassel South 17 degrees West 35 chains 53 links to heap of stones, thence 
along the land of Gabriel Archer South 72 degrees East 43 chains to a black ash 
tree on the west side of Jones' brook, thence running up said brook to place of 
beginning, one hundred and thirty six and one half acres, exclusive of Highways." 
(Dutchess County Deeds, E, 106.) 

Mr. Bell died between 23 May and 3 December, 1795, as his will was executed 
on the former, and proved on the latter day. (Dutchess County Wills, I, 504.) 
He married, at New York Dutch Church, 30 September, 1765, Jane, only daughter 
of Ebenezer Jones, of Yonkers, who made his will 26 April, 1764, and, after pro- 
viding for his wife Martha, left the bulk of his estate to his daughter Jean or Jane. 
Ebenezer Jones resided in the vicinity of King's Bridge, " which lies in a beautiful 
vale near the confluence of the Hudson and Haarlem Rivers. It is almost sur- 
rounded by high rolling hills, whose tops are crowned by hill forts and fine spread- 
ing woods. This spot was first chosen as the city of New Amsterdam, on account of 
its secure and inland position." (Bolton's Westchester.) He was the grandson of 
Ebenezer Jones, of Eastchester, who, together with Francis French and John West- 
cott, purchased, before 1 March, 1685, from Elias Doughty, of Flushing, lands called 
"The Mile Square" (Westchester Deeds, A, 67), and who conveyed the same 
lands, which were exempted out of the great Philipse Patent of 1693, to his sons 
Benjamin Jones, Joseph Jones, Ebenezer Jones, Jr., and William Jones, 29 May, 
1714. (Westchester Deeds, F, 85, 124.) The Mile Square lay northwest of East- 
chester, in the eastern part of the old town of Yonkers, sheltered by picturesque hills 
and bordering the Bronx, along whose banks Joseph Rodman Drake, the author of 
" Culprit Fay," was later wont to wander, and whose lines on the " gentle river" 
have endeared it to many. Ebenezer Jones, Sr., father of the above sons, was born 
20 August, 1646, and was the eldest son of Cornelius Jones, of Stamford, Connecti- 
cut, who married at that place, as second wife, 6 October, 1657, Elizabeth, widow of 
Thomas Hiat. (Stamford Town Records.) The will of Cornelius Jones, dated at 
Stamford, 2 June, 1690, names sons Joseph Jones and Ebenezer Jones, daughter 
Mary Hiat, and granddaughter Ruth Hiat. (Probate Records of Fairfield, Con- 
necticut.) 

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February 28. — Warm weather, wind west, snow soft; conference 
at Chatterton's. 

March 1. — Some teams drawing timber for school house; rode 
to Leverage's, preached Matthew vii. 24. 

March 2. — Warm day; at home; school meeting in evening at 
Mr. Piatt's. 

March 3. — Studying &c. snowy day, eight inches. 

March 4. — Preached [at] Hanover, Ezekiel, last. 

March 5. — Cloudy day, (veal cow calved). 

March 6. — Went to Peekskill; preached in the evening at John 
Jones's, Psalms cxix. 9 ; good attention ; staid at Duzenbury's. 

March 7. — Rode home, went to Mr. Sands's, married Silas Smith 
and Ruth Sands ; Conference at Deacon Forman's. 

March 8. — Rode to Obed Purdy's — Ebenezer Mead's, preached 
Matthew vii. 24; rode to W. Ward's; preached Matthew xxii. 42; 
apparent attention, may God increase it. 

March 9. — Rode to widow Wright's, to Whitney's, Macfarden's; 
sent a letter to Waterbury, snow one inch, rain. 

March 10. — Clear north wind ; studying. 

March 11. — Preached [at] Hanover Mark xiii. 37; in evening 
[at] Lee's, Luke xix. 5-6. 

The children of Peter Bell by his wife Jane Jones were: 

1. Esther Bell, married Isaac Brewer. 

2. Susan Bell, married James Curry. 

3. Joseph Bell, married (1), 12 December, 1787, Mary Steinbeck; (2) Lottie 

Denne. 

4. Ebenezer Bell, married Sarah Owens. 

5. Frederick Bell, born 25 September, 1769; died 13 March, 181 1; married 

Elizabeth Likely, born 29 May, 1772; died 27 July, 1816. Mr. Constant 
incorrectly calls him William Bell. 

6. Philip Bell, married Maria Thomas. 

7. Elizabeth Bell, born 22 October, 1776; died 30 July, 1867; married (1) Wil- 

liam Lickley; (2) Stephen McKeel. (See note 148.) 

8. Sarah Bell, married Joseph Curry. 

9. Jane Bell, married Henry Van Tassel. 

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March 12. — Mr. Piatt came to see me. 

March 13. — At home, 

March 14. — Conference at E. Lee's; very muddy. 

March 15. — At Deacon Forman's [and] Dr. White's. 

March 16. — St. John brought home two cows from Deacon For- 
mans ; rode to Duzenbury's, preached Proverbs xxiv. ; 3-4 : rode to 
Rev nd Drake's; staid all night at Major Drake's. 

March 17. — Curries, Carneys, Curries, Joneses; preached in even- 
ing at John Jones ; staid all night. 

March 18. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms vii. 9; Mr. Ware 
preached ; preached in the evening [at] Birdsall's, Ezekiel last ; staid 
all night. 

March 19. — At Travis's, and Calwell's; rode home; warm pleas- 
ant ; snow almost gone. 

March 20. — At home, warm, cloudy; began the garden fence; 
school meeting. 

March 21. — Rode to Mr. Wright's; married Seth Whitney 162 
and Elizabeth Wright and Henry Lounsbury and Elizabeth Wedan. 

182 Seth Whitney, son of Nathan and Sarah Whitney, was born at Ridgefield, 
Connecticut, 8 February, 1726, and was living at Crompond as early as 23 December, 
1758, where he later bought a farm and erected a house on Pine's Bridge road, 
leading south from Crompond. The house, which is still standing, was the scene 
of the capture of Seth Whitney of the notorious freebooter, Joseph Hueson, who 
during the Revolution was a scourge and terror to this part of the country, and the 
bayonet and staff with which he was silenced forever is still shown. He married 
(1) Sarah Mow or Moe, who died at Yorktown ; (2), as above, Elizabeth Wright; 

(3), Anne Smith, the widow of Jump and Captain Trowbridge, of Bedford. 

She was born 10 July, 1730, O. S. ; died 29 June, 1819, and is buried in Crompond 
East graveyard. Mr. Whitney died between 1 January and 13 May, 1807, as his will 
was dated the former and proved the latter day. (Westchester Wills, F, 292.) 
This instrument names wife Anne, son Silas, and daughter Mary Bedle. His chil- 
dren, all by his first wife, were : 

1. Sarah Whitney, born 3 April, 1750; died 7 October, 1822; married, 3 Octo- 

ber, 1776, Joseph, son of Jesse Fowler, born 27 November, 1753; died 22 
May, 1797. Both buried in the Presbyterian church-yard at Yorktown. 

2. Mary Whitney, married, 4 February, 1790, Samuel Bedle. He died at York- 

town, 25 May, 1827, without issue. She was living 28 May, 1835. 

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March 22. — Rode to Macajah Wright's; preached Ezekiel xviii. 
last; in the evening at Arche Reed's, Psalms xxix. 23; staid at O. 
Purdy's. 

March 23. — Rode to Red Mills; preached funeral of * * * * 
Badeau 153 cold and high wind. 

3. Ezra Whitney. 

4. Abijah Whitney, married Milicent, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Hyatt. 

He died about 1803, and his widow married, 1810, John Lounsbury, of 
Yorktown. 

5. Seth Whitney, born at Yorktown, 3 May, 1765; died 20 May, 1835; married, 

17 November, 1792, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Hazard) 
Strang, who died, according to the family record, 6 November, 1858. Her 
tombstone, however, says " 6 December, 1857, aged 91 years, 2 months, and 
17 days." Mr. Whitney followed Mr. Constant's religious wanderings and 
became deacon of the Congregational Church at Crompond, in Yorktown, 
sometime before 2 May, 1806, and he left, by his will of 20 May, 1835, a 
legacy of five hundred dollars to this church. His will also names wife 
Elizabeth, daughter Eliza, wife of Cornelius F. Ferris ; son-in-law Ber- 
nardus Montross, daughter Margaret, wife of Ezra Kipp ; and sister Mary. 

6. Amos Whitney, born at Yorktown, 15 December, 1767; died 2 February, 

1844; married, 1 January, 1800, Rosetta, daughter of the Rev. Amzi and 
Betsy Lewis, born at Salem, in Waterbury, 3 April, 1779; died 3 September, 
1868. They both lie in the Crompond East graveyard where the old Con- 
gregational Church once stood. (For additional information concerning 
this family, see the Whitney Genealogy, from which the above is mainly 
taken.) 
1BS John Badeau, from New Rochelle, probably a son of Elias Badeau, who was 
a freeholder of that town in 1708, settled at Red Mills, then in Fredericksburg pre- 
cinct, Dutchess County, now in Carmel, Putnam County, about 1775, where, until 
after the Revolution, he held a farm as a tenant of Colonel Roger Morris. He 
died about 21 March, 1787, aged eighty-eight years, and was buried as above. His 
children were Peter, Elias, John, and Frances, wife of Isaac Coutant, of New 
Rochelle. Of these, Peter Badeau was born 1728; died at Red Mills, 9 August, 
1816. His farm included all the land in the vicinity of the Presbyterian church at 
Red Mills, for which he gave the land in 1784, and his son Isaac gave the land 
for a parsonage. He married (1), Katharine, daughter of Isaac Coutant, of New 
Rochelle, by his wife Catharine Bonnefois; born in 1726; died February, 1790. 
He married (2), 1 December, 1794, Elizabeth Secor, born in 1794; died 29 October, 
1826. His children, all by the first wife, were : 1. Peter Badeau, born 1749 ; removed 
to Albany. 2. Isaac Badeau, born 13 May, 1750; died 7 September, 1842; married 
(1) Susanna, daughter of Henry Coutant, of New Rochelle; born 14 December, 

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March 24 
March 25 

Philippians iv 
March 26 
March 27 

Cortlandt's. 
March 28 
March 29 
March 30 
March 31 



— Studying for the Sabbath. 

— Preached at Hanover, Ephesians vi. 16; in afternoon 
6. 

— At Major Strang's, J. Lee's and Piatt's. 
— Rode to Mrs. Hanes's, preached 1 Peter ii. 4; staid 



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Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 



— Rode to Peekskill, preached Luke xv. — ; rode home. 

— Clear and cold. 

— Bought a yoke of oxen from Captain Highat, — cold. 

— Studying, cold day. 
1 1. — Preached [at] Hanover, Hebrews ii. 3; Titus ii. 6. 
1 2. — Worked at the garden fence. 
1 3. — Town meeting, clear and cool. 
1 4. — Pleasant morning. 
1 5. — Rode to Thomas's; preached Matthew vi. 33; rode 



home; married 



Halstead and 



Underhill. 



April 6. — At home. 
April 7. — Studying &c &c. 

April 8. — Sabbath; preached at Peekskill, Psalms lxxxix. 
Matthew xxi. 42; married Harmanus Lent and Mary Lent. 
April 9. — Rode to Salem &c. 
April 10. — Arrived at Salem in Waterbury. 



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: 753; ( 2 ) Deborah , who died 5 April, 1840, aged seventy-seven years. 3. John 

Badeau, born 8 February, 1752; lived near Peekskill. 4. Elias Badeau, born 13 July, 
1755. 5. Jacob Badeau, born 12 April, 1757; lived in Westchester County. 6. 
Catharine Badeau, born 12 August, 1759; married Isaac Heroy. 7. James Badeau, 
born 13 May, 1761 ; married, 7 January, 1789, Anice Derbyshire. 8. Magdalen 
Badeau, born 4 November, 1763; married by Mr. Constant, 29 July, 1790, to James 
Heroy. 9. David Badeau, born 14 April, 1765 ; said to have died young. 10. Wil- 
liam Badeau, born 15 September, 1767; died in i860, at Port Bryon, New York; 
married, 15 July, 1789, Mary, daughter of Dr. Elias Cornelius, of Red Mills. 
11. Isaiah Badeau, born 2 April, 1770. General Adam Badeau, a prominent officer 
of the Civil War, Secretary of Legation, and Consul-General of the United States 
at London, 1869 to 1881, descends from Peter Badeau. (For further particulars of 
this family, see Pelletreau's History of Putnam County.) 

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April 

April 

April 

April 

April 

April 

April 

April 20 

April 21 



— Fast : preached Jeremiah 1. 25 ; in evening 1 Peter ii. 5. 
— At Father Lewis's &c. ; staid at Capt. Lewis's. 
— Set off for home ; to Salem ; Mr. Lewis preached. 
— Rode home ; grass green for cattle. 
— Preached at Hanover, Proverbs iv. 18; Acts ii. 13. 
— At home. 

—At Mr. Gawler's &c White's &c. 

— Mr. Lewis 154 preached here, Shepherd staid all night. 
— At Gawler's, Dean's, Travis's. 
— At home, studying &c ; cold dry weather. 
— Snowy day, fast, preached, Psalms xxvi. 1-6; Romans 
viii. 16. 

April 22. — Sabbath, preached [at] Hanover, Isaiah lxv. 1, Revela- 
tion vi. 3 ; administered the sacrament ; baptized Phany Duzenbury, 
cold, and dry. 

April 23. — Moved the school-house. 
April 24. — Rode to Peekskill, election. 

April 25. — Robert Lee here; lecture at Joseph Lee's; rainy day 
in the afternoon. 

April 26. — Cloudy morning; rode to Micajah Wright's, preached 
Luke xix. 17; rode home. 

April 27. — At home ; Mr. Graves came here. 
April 28. — Mr. Graves here, went to Mrs. Delancey's &c. 
April 29. — Sabbath, Mr. Graves at Hanover ; I rode to Peekskill ; 
preached, Zachariah ii. 7 ; 1 John iv. 9 ; in evening at Duzenbury's. 

April 30. — Rode home ; set off for Presbytery at Pleasant Valley ; 
staid at Captain Boyd's. 

May 1. — Rode to Pleasant Valley; at Forman's. 
May 2. — Attended Presbytery; at Mr. Case's. 
May 3. — Attended presbytery &c. ; presbytery adjourned to Mr. 
Mills's at Fredericksborough [Fredericksburg] October the second 
Wednesday. 

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May 4. — Rode to Capt Boyd's preached John iv. 29; rode home. 

May 5. — Very dry season. 

May 6. — Preached at Hanover, Luke v. 24; Jeremiah xix. 17; 
rainy night, fruitful season, grass for cattle and herbs for men, oh 
the goodness of God. 

May 7. — At home, reading, studying &c ; at Dr. White's. 

May 8. — Warm growing weather ; rode to Mrs. Hane's, preached 
Luke x. 42; rode to Peekskill and heard Mr. Lee preach; staid at 
Birdsall's, reckoned with him. 

May 9. — Rode home, showers in the afternoon; conference here. 

May 10. — Cold north-east wind, some rain. 

May 11. — At home &c. north east wind. 

May 12. — Studying &c. 

May 13. — Preached [at] Hanover 1 Kings xxi. 20, Luke x. 29; 
north east wind, some rain. 

May 14. — Cold north east wind. 

May 15. — Warm day; rode to William Duzenbury's; preached 
Matthew xviii. 4; Hoit came here to take a school. 

May 16. — At Dr. White's ; Hoit returned. 

May 17. — At Eben. Mead's; preached Luke iv. 18; rode home 
Robert Lee with me. 

May 18. — Boys finished planting; rainy afternoon; reading, 
writing &c. 

May 19. — Pleasant morning, studying &c. 

May 20. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews xi. 9; Luke iv. 18; at 
Harmanus Lent's, John i. 12; married Francis Conkling and Esther 
Brown staid at Lent's. 

May 21. — Rode home, Mr. Hoit came here. 

May 22. — Rode to Mr. Avery's; preached Luke iv. 18; rode 
home. 

May 23. — Conference, [at] Deacon Travis's and at Major 
Strang's. 

May 24. — Rode to Peter Carman's &c. 



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May 25. — Rainy day, cold. 

May 26. — Cold morning, clear, studying &c. 

May 27. — Sabbath, preached [at] Hanover, Titus iii. 7. 

May 28. — Rode to John Smith's preached Revelation iii. 20; Mr. 
Coles preached ; staid at John Horton's. 

May 29. — Rode home ; church meeting here. 

May 30. — Very rainy day; rode to Henry Carman's. 

May 31. — Cleared off; rode to Abraham Wright Jun r 's. ; 
preached John viii. 36 rode home. 

June 1. — First Society meeting. 

June 2. — Studying &c &c. 

June 3. — Preached at Red Mills, 155 Joel ii. 12-13, Isaiah lv. 25; 
rode to Henry Carman's — preached 1 John iii. 1 ; home. 

168 The Red Mills were situated at the outlet of Lakes Mahopac and Kirk, now 
in Carmel, Putnam County, and were built in 1756, of massive timber and covered 
with cedar, and from the color were known in all that vicinity as " Red Mills." 
They appear on Erskine's military map as " Robinson's Mills," and were doubtless 
on the site of the " Kirkham Mills" of 1746, mentioned in the laying out of the 
roads. It is stated that prior to the Revolution Colonel Roger Morris and his wife 
had a log residence near the mills, to which they came during the summer months 
to visit their Highland estate and tenants. A portion of this early summer home of 
the former owners of all this section of country is still standing west of the old 
mill-site. This was a preaching station as early as 1761, when Mr. Constant's pre- 
decessor, the Rev. Samuel Sackett, officiated, and continued so to do until his death 
in 1784. The first building erected for church services was dedicated in 1784, and 
stood upon land given by Mr. Peter Badeau. It was during Mr. Constant's pastor- 
ate that the sacrament of the holy communion was celebrated for the first time at 
Red Mills, 5 February, 1789, and from the following year the church was a separate 
organization. Under date of 5 February, 1789, the minutes of the Hanover Church 
note: "The church met at Mr. Crosby's (Red Mills), where they celebrated the 
Lord's Supper, — this was the first time it was ever celebrated in that place." And 
on 12 September, 1790, " the members of the Church at Red Mills becoming suffi- 
ciently numerous to make a distinct church, and desirous of incorporating by them- 
selves, the church agreed to their separation, [and] they accordingly embodied by 
themselves and became a distinct church." To this Mr. Constant adds in his 
Journal: "Preached at Red Mills, 1 Corinthians v. 7; administered the Sacra- 
ment ; the members of the church belonging to Red Mills incorporated in a 
church." 

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June 4. — Set off for presbytery; rode to Romer's 156 tavern; staid 
all night. 

June 5. — Rode to Mr. Graves's; attended presbytery. 

June 6. — Attended presbytery, adjourned to Rockaway, last Tues- 
day in October, rainy day. 

June 7. — Rode to New Hempstead, preached Isaiah lxv. 1 ; rode 
to New Haverstraw; preached Job xxiii. 3-4; staid &c. 

June 8. — Rode to the Peekskill ; staid at Duzen[bury's]. 

June 9. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Job xxiii. 3-4; Isaiah xliv. 

23- . 

June 10. — General training; went to Joseph Haight's &c. 

June n. — Monthly meeting; Mr. Western attended and preached 
&c. 

June 12. — At John Carman's; preached John i. 11-12. 

154 Captain Jacob Romer's, in Greenburgh, near Tarrytown. It was here that 
the captors of Andre partook of breakfast on the memorable morning of 23 Sep- 
tember, 1780, and it was here they tarried with Andre in their progress to North 
Castle, where Lieutenant-Colonel Jameson was stationed. Captain Romer was 
married, at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, 20 August, 1754, to Frena 
Haerlager. The record of their marriage states that they were born in Switzerland, 
and lived in Philipsburg. Their children, baptized at the above church, were: 1. 
Henry Romer, 17 June, 1755. 2. Elizabeth Romer, 3 May, 1757. and it was possibly 
she who was married, 6 November, 1799, by Mr. Constant, to Stephen Spock. 
3. Frena Romer, 13 September, 1760. 4. Catrina Romer, 30 April, 1763. 5. Jacob 
Romer, 4 November, 1764. 6. John Romer, born, according to his tomb-stone 
in the Greenburgh Presbyterian church-yard, 1 November, 1764; died 27 May, 
1855 ; married Leah, daughter of Lieutenant Cornelius Van Texel, or Van Tassel, 
by his wife Elizabeth Storm; born 20 May, 1775; died 2 January, 1843. They 
resided on the Saw-Mill River road about a mile south of the present Elms- 
ford Station, and here Jacob Romer, Sr., and wife, and Lieutenant Van Tassel and 
wife also spent their declining days, on the site of the old Van Tassel house, burned 
by the Cow Boys in November, 1777; and here, too, were held the town meetings 
of Greenburgh for upward of fifty years. 7. Maritie Romer, 2 September, 1769. 
8. Annatie Romer, 9 May, 1772. 9. Sarah Romer, 16 November, 1773. 10. Femmetje 
Romer, born 20 February, baptized 17 August, 1777. The three sons of Jacob Romer 
were all Revolutionary soldiers, and the reminiscences of John Romer, who became 
a captain in the war of 1812, as given in Mr. Raymond's Souvenir of the Revolu- 
tionary Soldiers' Monument dedication at Tarrytown, 1894, are most interesting. 

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June 13. — Rode to Witter's [and] Ward's, preached Matthew 
xviii. 4. 

June 14. — At the school-house; at home &c. 

June 15. — Studying &c &c, Society meeting. 

June 16. — Preached at Hanover, 2 Corinthians iv. 6. Songs of 
Solomon v. 1 ; rain toward night, Sarah sick. 

June 17. — Cloudy morning. 

June 18. — At home &c. &c. 

June 19. — Church meeting. 

June 20. — Rode to William Bailey's, preached Job xxiii. 3-9. 

June 21. — Rode to Gould Sellick's, preached. 

June 22. — Studying, warm, dry day. 

June 2^. — Preached [at] Hanover, John xv. 2; Jeremiah 
xv. 5. 

June 24. — Rainy morning; set off for L. Isl; 157 rode to White 
Plains; New Rochelle; crossed the ferry; rode to Hulet's. 

June 25. — Rode to Middletown. 

June 26. — Rode to Cutchogue — Mr. Green's; attended presby- 
tery &c. 

June 27. — Attended ordination. 

June 28. — Preached at Mattituck, John ix. 29. 

June 29. — At Mr. Green's. 

June 30. — Preached at Cutchogue, Ezekiel, last; 1 Timothy iv. 
8; Matt. ix. 13. 

July 2. — Rainy morning; set off for home, staid [at] Esq r 
Woodhull's. 

July 3. — Rode to Huntington ; staid [at] Cone's. 

July 4. — Rode to Tinekox, 158 crossed the ferry to Rye. 

July 5. — Rode home, very hot weather, family well, through 
divine goodness of God. 

July 6. — At home reading &c. 

July 7. — Studying &c; Dr. White here. 

167 Long Island. 1SS Shinnecock. 

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July 8. — Preached at Hanover, Jeremiah xxxiii. 8 ; John xi. 53. 

July 9. — Very dry weather; at Deacon Travis's; Nancy Horton 
came here. 

July 10. — Rode to Esq r Lane's; dry weather. 

July 11. — Church meeting here &c. 

July 12. — Rode to Sands's; hard showers; preached Colossians 
iii. 1. 

July 13. — Sowed buckwheat; studying. 

July 14. — Studying part of day ; fast; preached Romans viii. 14. 

July 15. — Preached [at] Hanover, John xiv. 20; 1 Peter iv. 17; 
sacrament administered. 

July 16. — At Major Strang's; showers. 

July 17. — At Mr. Fowler's and D. Horton's. 

July 18. — At home, reading &c. 

July 19. — at Obed. Purdy's, preached Galatians iii. 13. 

July 20. — At home. 

July 21. — Studying. 

July 22. — At Peekskill, preached Matthew ix. Psalms cxvi. 

July 23. — Rain in afternoon, Shepherd here. 

July 24. — Rode to V. Tomkins's ; preached Romans viii. 3 ; peo- 
ple mowing my grass. 

July 25. — Rainy day in afternoon. 

July 26. — Rode to Red Mills, attended church meeting &c. 

July 27. — Raking hay. 

July 28. — Raking hay in the morning. 

July 29. — Preached [at] Hanover, Luke xxiv. 36; Philippians 
ii. 12-13. 

July 30. — Cloudy north east weather. 

July 31. — At home; stacking hay. 

August 1. — Work at hay &c. 

August 2. — Rode to Obed. Purdy's; preached Matthew iii. 2. 

August 3. — At home &c; finishing haying; hot weather. 

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August 5. — Preached [at] Hanover, Revelation ii. 7; Jeremiah i. 7. 

August 6. — Rode to Mr. Nelson's ; 159 staid &c. 

August 7. — Rode to Blooming Grove; staid [at] Chandler's. 

August 8. — Rode to Oxford, to Florida. 

August 9. — Rode to Blooming Grove ; at Mr. Bradner's ; staid all 
night. 

August 10. — Rode into Smith's Clove preached [at] Meeting 
House, Revelation ii. 7 ; staid [at] Deacon Post's. 

August 11. — Rode to Haverstraw; to Peekskill; staid at Bird- 
sail's. 

August 12. — Preached at Peekskill, Romans v. 12; rode to 
Hanover preached funeral sermon of Deborah Strang, 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

August 13. — Clear morning; boys raking oats. 

August 14. — Raking oats &c. at Major Strang's. 

August 15. — At home &c; reading. 

August 16. — At home, at Dr. White's. 

August 17. — Studying &c. 

August 18. — Studying; cold wind. 

August 19. — Preached [at] Hanover, Psalms liii. 2-3; married 
Peter Paulding 160 and Jane Fowler; Peter Tompkins 161 and Peggy 
Haviland. 

August 20. — Cloudy morning; mending fences. 

August 21. — Rode to Conrad Phelps's [and] Gould Sellick's, 
preached Zachariah xiii. 1. 

August 22. — Married Gabriel Knap and Phebe Vail; rode to 
Red Mills, preached 1 Corinthians xii. 27; church meeting; staid at 
Dr. Cornelius's. 

August 23. — Rode to John Stidwell's, preached Zachariah xiii. 1 ; 
rode to Captain Brown's. 

August 24. — Rode home, dry hot weather. 

159 See Nelson note in Appendix. 

160 See note 229. 

161 See Tompkins note. 

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August 25. — Clear morning studying. 

August 26. — Preached at Hanover, Micah vi. 8; congregation 
somewhat attentive, Oh may God send his spirit down in the midst and 
call home sinners to himself. 

August 27. — Preached at Highat Lane's, funeral of Dr. Varnum, 
Ecclesiastes iii. 20. 

August 28. — Rode to Salem; bought boots of Mr. Wood; staid 
at Col. Crane's. 

August 29. — Preached at Benjamin Haite's, Romans viii. 3 ; staid 
all night. 

August 30. — Rode home &c. 

August 31. — Preached at Walter Ward's; funeral of Mrs. Smith; 
Lord bless thine inflictions. 

September 1. — Studying. 

September 2. — Preached at Peekskill, Revelation iv. 4; Isaiah lv. 
6; rode home. 

September 3. — Rode to D. Horton's. 

September 4. — Studying, reading &c. — Gilbert Forman's. 

September 5. — Studying, preached [at] Zofer Jones's, Job ix. 4; 
married William Halsted 162 and Sarah Charlote. 

September 6. — Rode to Arche Reed's, preached Job ix. 4. 

September 7. — At home; [at] Daniel Horton's. 

162 In his will of 22 March, 1799, proved 4 September, 1802 (Westchester Wills, 
C, 105), Thomas Halstead, of Bedford, named wife Abigail, daughter Mary Fleet- 
ingburgh, sons William, Joseph, Jacob, and grandsons Thomas and Robert. The 
son William is believed to be he of the text. Thomas Halstead was a son of 
Thomas Halstead, of Harrison's Precinct, who, by wife Charity, had Thomas, Jacob, 
Timothy, Joseph, and daughter Charity, who married Thomas Huggeford. At the 
execution of the will of this last named Thomas Halstead, the son Thomas was 
also of Harrison Precinct, but by deed of 21 March, 1786, in which wife Abigail 
joined, he sold lands in that place and shortly afterwards removed to Bedford. 
Thomas Halstead, Sr., was a son of Jacob Halstead of " New Hempstead," Long 
Island, whose will of 23 September, 1756 (New York Wills, xx. 161), made bequests 
to children Thomas, Isaac, Henry, David, Jacob, Helner [Eleanor] Seamen, Rebecca 
Secord, John, Abraham, Timothy, and Abigail, and to wife Sarah. Son Thomas 
was made executor with kinsman Jonah Halsted. 

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September 8. — Studying &c &c. 

September 9. — Preached at Hanover, Psalms xcvii. 6; Psalms I. 
15 ; full and attentive meeting. 

September 10. — At Henry Lane's; Lomarus Knap's. 

September 11. — Preached at Bill Drake's, John xii. 36; staid at 
Duzenbury's. 

September 12. — Preached at Jeremiah Fox's, 1 Peter ii. 4; rode 
home. 

September 13. — Warm morning; rode to Red Mills, preached Job 
ix. 4; St. John [went] to Salem. 

September 14. — At home, rainy day. 

September 15. — Studying &c. 

September 16. — Preached [at] Hanover, Isaiah lxi. 1-3; 2 Corin- 
thians v. 18; cold, frost. 

September 17. — Cold weather; — at Captain Carm[an's]. 

September 18. — People drawing stones for school house. 

September 19. — Very rainy day, reading &c. 

September 20. — At Ebenezer Mead's, preached Proverbs iii. 
last; at Conference meeting. 

September 21. — Rode home, warm day. 

September 22. — Clear, St. John returned from Salem, brought 
three pound lawful money from A. * * * * for interest &c. 

September 23. — Rode to Peekskill, preached Luke xi. 21-2; 
Psalms iv. 2 ; staid at J. Jones's. 

September 24. — Rode to Peekskill, Mr. Birdsall's and home. 

September 25. — Golden here making shoes. 

September 26. — Deacon Forman here &c. 

September 27. — At Red Mills, preached Psalms iv. 2. 

September 28. — Preached [at] Capt. Paulding's, Proverbs iii. 34; 
rode to Sands, married John Sands. 163 

188 The duplicate list of marriages gives the name of the bride as Anne Palmer, 
and records the marriage fee of nine shillings, which appears to have been the 
average return for Mr. Constant's service on such occasions. The groom was the 

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September 29. — Rode home after visiting Persel's, Fowler's, 
Bailey's ; studying. 

September 30. — Preached [at] Hanover, Ephesians ii. 10; John 
iii. 23 ; Mrs. Foote here. 

October 1. — Clear and warm; went to Mr. Delancey's. 

October 2. — Clear and warm, church meeting. 

October 3. — Went [to] Widow Clemmons's; preached Romans 
viii. 3 ; rode home ; trustees here, reckoned with them, &c. 

October 4. — Rode to Walter Ward's, preached 1 Peter ii. 4. 

October 5. — At home, part of the day; went to Capt. Highat's 
paid him seven pounds. 

October 6. — Fast day, preached at Hanover. 

October 7. — Preached [at] Hanover, Matthew xxvii. 50; Sacra- 
ment, Luke xv. last. 

October 8. — Rode to Peekskill. 

October 9. — Rode to Fredericksborough to Presbytery. 

October 10. — Attended presbytery. 

October 11. — Attended presbytery, adjourned first Wednesday in 
May ; rode home, Mr. Lewis here. 

October 12. — At home, &c rode to Mrs. Osborn's. 

October 13. — Studying &c. 

October 14. — At Peekskill, preached John xiv. 19, 21, 23. 

October 15. — Rode to Elijah Budd's preached John i. 12. 

October 16. — At Gould Sellick's, John i. 12; rode home, unwell, 
hard cold and sore throat ; cold weather. 

October 17. — At home unwell. 

October 18. — Hard cold &c Mr. Lewis came here preached &c. 

October 19. — Boys work at Buckwheat. 

son of Caleb Sands, of Bedford and North Castle, who married Peninah or Deninah 
Owen, and whose children, as given in his will of 12 June, 1803, proved 1 June, 
1807 (Westchester Wills, E, 84-86), were Samuel, Joseph, Caleb, Othniel, Thomas, 
and John, the latter of whom he styles as of North Castle. According to Bolton, 
the house of Mr. Sands, Sr., at North Castle, was within a few rods of the old barn 
formerly the head-quarters of Lieutenant-Colonel Jameson, of the Continental army. 

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October 20 
October 21 

Hosea iii. 6. 
October 22 
October 23 

rode home. 
October 24 



— Studying &c. 

— Preached at C[rompond], Songs of Solomon v. 16; 

— At home &c. 

— Rode to the Red Mills ; preached Proverbs iii. last ; 

— Rode to Obed. Purdy's; preached Romans v. 12; 



in the evening at Mr. Bugsbee's, 164 Ezekiel lxiii. 1 ; staid all night 

October 25. — Rode home, warm weather; Oh Lord give me 
strength for thyself and an heart to use it for thee. 

October 26-7. — Studying; boys at Buckwheat. 

October 28. — Preached [at] C. [rompond], 2 Corinthians vii. 10; 
1 John iv. 1. 

October 29. — Set off for Presbytery; staid at Pompton 165 and 
Garrisons. 

October 30. — Rode to Rockaway; attended presbytery. 

October 31. — Attended presbytery. 

November 1. — Attended presbytery; adjourned to first Tuesday 
in June [at] Crompond. 

November 2. — Rode to Cakcat; 166 staid. 

1<M Elijah Buckbee, of Bedford, who is elsewhere mentioned. His will of 20 
April, 1808, proved 15 March, 1809, states that his wife is buried in the orchard of 
his dwelling-place, and that he desires to have head- and foot-stones to mark 
her resting-place and his own. His children were: 1. John Buckbee. 2. Elijah 
Buckbee, who married, 5 December, 1782, Anne Ketchum (Bedford Presbyterian 
Church Records). 3. Phebe Buckbee, who married Ebenezer Purdy. 4. Ezekiel 
Buckbee, who died before his father, leaving Samuel, Ezekiel, John, Eunice (who 
married Nathaniel Bayley), and Charlotte (who married John Basset). 5. Samuel 
Buckbee, who married, 29 December, 1769, Sarah Palmer. He also predeceased his 
father, and left Philip Palmer Buckbee, David Jenner Buckbee, Samuel, Sarah, 
Mary, and Phebe. All of the above are named in Mr. Buckbee's will, as are grand- 
children Stephen Montross, Sarah, wife of Joseph Halstead, Elizabeth Randolph, 
and Elizabeth and Abigail, children of son Elijah. (Westchester Wills, G, 109-112.) 

185 Pompton, then in Morris, now Passaic, County, New Jersey. 

168 Kakiate, Rockland County, on the main road to New Jersey, where was a 
Presbyterian Church, built before 1754. In 1829 the name was changed to West 
Hempstead. (See also note 80.) 

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November 3. — Rode to Peekskill ; staid at Joseph Travis's. 

November 4. — Preached Acts ii. 37; iii. 22; rode home. 

November 5. — At home shingling the house. 

November 6. — Rode to John Conckling's ; preached Matthew xxv. 
6 ; attention to preaching. 

November 7. — Rode to Stephen Horton's; married William 
Beadle and Sarah Horton. 

November 8. — Rode to Arche Reed's; 167 preached; married 
Thomas Baker and E[leanor] S[ecord] ; Mr. Thomson here. 

18T Archer Reed was a son of Robert Reed, of Yonkers. The latter's will, 
proved 18 September, 1770 (Pelletreau's Westchester Wills), provided for wife 
Jane and gave legacies to children Isaac, Jacob, Archer, John, Phebe, Elijah, Jane, 
and Robert, to the last named of whom he left his " farm with the consent" of 
his " Land Lord." According to his tombstone, Archer Reed was born in 1752, 
but in 1817, when a subscriber to the certificate issued by the citizens of Westchester 
County, in vindication of the character of Major Andre's captors, and in refutation 
of the statement made by Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, then in Congress, that the 
so-called patriots had but yielded up their prey in the interest of gain, he gave his 
age as sixty-four years. He served as a private in the Revolution in Colonel Drake's 
Regiment of Westchester County militia, and his brothers Jacob and Isaac were also 
soldiers in the American army. Both he and his wife Hannah were on Mr. Con- 
stant's early membership roll, but on the incorporation of the Greenburgh Presby- 
terian Church, 25 April, 1790, he became one of the trustees and elders of that 
church. He was the owner of the old house, later known as the Landrine House, 
to which Andre was taken after his capture, and on the steps of which Andre is 
known to have eaten a bowl of bread and milk before starting again with his captors 
towards North Castle. He died 29 May, 1833, and lies in the Greenburgh church- 
yard near the monument erected by the citizens of Westchester County to Isaac Van 
Wart, the patriot, and his friend, in whose behalf he had testified in 1817. And 
he was doubtless among those soldiers of the Revolution, citizens and invited guests, 
who gathered in the little church-yard on that June day in 1829 to commemorate with 
appropriate service the erection of that stone which still bears silent witness to the 
fact that republics are not always ungrateful. He married (1) Hannah, daughter 
of John Archer, of Eastchester, by his wife Mary Leggett, born 6 May, 1750 O.S. ; 

died 10 April, 1812. He married (2) Sarah , born 9 April, 1771 ; died 26 August, 

1836. Robert Reed, eldest brother of Archer Reed, remained at Yonkers, his farm 
being on the Saw-Mill River road near Boar Hill. In the winter of 1780, while 
Colonel Thompson was stationed at Four Corners, in Mt. Pleasant, on the road from 
Tarrytown to White Plains, Mr. Reed learned from Kingsbridge that the British 

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November 9. — At D. Knap's; preached Zachariah xii. 10. 
November 10. — Studying &c. 

November n. — Preached [at] Hanover, Luke xxiii. 46. 
November 12. — At home &c Society meeting. 
November 13. — Rode to Red Mills preached John i. 12; staid 
at Mr. Badeau's; married Abraham Depue 168 and Caty Cronk. 

were equipping an expedition against Colonel Thompson, and were on the eve of 
starting. Whereupon he immediately rode to the American quarters and gave timely 
warning of the approaching enemy. The Four Corners is familiar to readers of 
" The Spy," as the site of the famous hotel of Betty Flannagan, " a house of enter- 
tainment for man and beast," and which has the honor of the invention of that 
beverage " so well known at the present hour to all patriots who make a winter's 
march between the commercial and political capitals of this great State, and which 
is distinguished by the name of ' cocktail'." 

168 Abraham Depew, descended from Frangois Depuis, who was living at Bos- 
wyck, now absorbed in the city of Brooklyn, in March, 1661, and whose marriage 
banns, as published in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, 26 August, 
1661, declared him to have been from Calais, in France, and his prospective bride 
from Amsterdam. According to " Bergen's Settlers of Kings County," his bride, 
Geertje Williams, was the daughter of William Jacobs Van Boerum, who removed 
from Amsterdam with his family in 1649 and settled in Flatbush, Long Island. 
William 2 Depuy, probably the eldest son of Frangois and Geertje (Williams) 
Depuis, was of Menagh, now Verplank's Point, as early as 10 August, 1688, at 
which time he was married to Lysbeth Weyt (White), of Barbadoes, but then living 
at Kitchawan, near the mouth of the Croton River. Their son, Francoys" de Puw, 
baptized 20 August, 1700, married, 3 June, 1727, Maritie Van Thesel, or Van Tassel, 
both entered in the records of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, as having 
been born in the manor of Cortlandt, and they were both living 3 April, 1752, when 
they appear as sponsors at the baptism of their grandson Abraham 5 , son of Hen- 
drick 4 Pue, their eldest son, who had been baptized 27 April, 1728. Under date of 17 
November, 1782, Henry Depew approved, on behalf of his son, Henry Depew, Jr., 
of a transfer of bounty lands in Onondaga County, for six years and three months' 
service in the Revolution, in Van Cortlandt's Regiment. It was probably he who 
died in May, 1788, on the 19th of which month Mr. Constant preached the funeral 
sermon from the text, " But the end of all things is at hand ; be ye therefore sober 
and watch with prayer." Abraham Depew, of the text, was born in October, 1762, 
and died at Peekskill, 26 December, 1838, aged, according to his tombstone in the 
old Van Cortlandt, or St. Peter's, graveyard of that town, seventy-six years and 
two months. After his marriage Mr. Depew lived at Peekskill, and at the time of 
his death was residing on the Post Road and Mill Street. 

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November 14. — Rode to Fredericksborough, preached 1 Corin- 
thians xii. 27 ; attended conference. 

November 15. — Rode to Mr. Miller's, staid all night; rainy. 

November 16. — Rode home; rainy day. 

November 17. — Studying &c — oh the barrenness of my heart. 

November 18. — Preached at Hanover, 1 John v. 10; 1 Corin- 
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Mr. Constant gives the name of Abraham Depew's wife as Catharine Cronk 
in three entries. The family records, however, state that she was the daughter of 
Captain James Kronkheit. She was born 6 August, 1765; died 17 August, 1848. 
The children of Abraham and Catharine Depew were : 

1. Esther Depew, born 27 June, 1789; baptized at Cortlandtown, 18 September, 

1791 ; married Isaac Denike, Jr. 

2. James Kronkright Depew, born 25 August, 1791 ; died 28 July, 1848; mar- 

ried Mary Denike, born 1793; died 1 May, 1849. Issue: Catharine, married 
Lewis Jessup; Elizabeth, married Caleb Haight Sutton; Robert A. Depew, 
married Mary, daughter of William Denike of Peekskill ; Mary Eliza, mar- 
ried Henry Dusenbury, and removed to St. Louis ; Eveline, married James 
M. Frear. 

3. Nancy Depew, born 12 September, 1794; died unmarried, 6 January, 1868. 

4. Elizabeth Depew, born 6 February, 1796; died unmarried, 19 December, 1869. 

5. Henry W. Depew, born 18 May, 1798; died 2 September, 1850; married (1) 

Mary W. Tier, born 3 January, 1808; died 3 March, 1839; married (2) 
Mrs. Louise Hait, who survived him. His will named daughters Mary and 
Sarah Louise. 

6. Isaac Depew, born 9 August, 1800; died 15 March, 1869; married Martha, 

daughter of Chauncey R. Mitchell by his wife Ann, daughter of Judge 
Robert Johnson, of Putnam County, born 2 May, 1810; died 26 March, 
1885. Their children were: Chauncey Mitchell Depew, born 23 April, 1834, 
United States Senator from New York, married (1), 9 November, 1871, 
Alice Hageman, (2) May Palmer; William Depew; Lawrence Depew; 
Catharine Depew, married, 2 September, 1868, Albert Strang, M.D., of York- 
town ; Anna Depew, married William H. Paulding, born 1 August, 1833. 
died 4 December, 1897. 

7. Charles Augustus G. Depew, born 6 September, 1804; died 4 November. 

1877; married (1), at Peekskill, in 1833, Matilda Akin Doty, daughter of 
John Ferris Doty, descended from Edward Doty of the " Mayflower," born 
at Albany, New York, 19 March, 181 1; died at Peekskill, 26 November, 
1869. Mr. Depew married (2), in 1871, Harriet, a sister of his first wife. 

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November 19. — At home; society meeting. 

November 20. — In the evening Mr. Dudley preached at Mr. Lee's ; 
parish meeting. 

November 21. — Rainy day; rode in the evening to Jesse Owens' s; 
Mr. Dudley preached; rode home. 

November 22. — Rode to Capt. Brown's ; married George Brinker- 
hoff and S[usanna] B[rown]; rode to Peekskill Hollow; married 
John Barreger and Elizabeth Cronk; staid at Dulittle's. 

November 23: — Rode home; Joseph Brinkerhoff at house; ser- 
mon at Joseph Fowler's, Proverbs viii. 3, [in the] evening, attentive 
audience. 

November 24. — Cold and clear; studying. 

November 25. — At Peekskill, preached Matthew xxii. 5 ; Romans 
viii. 30; in the evening at John Jones's, Romans v. 12; staid at John 
Carman's. 

November 26. — Rode home; worked at the milk room. 

November 27. — Worked at the milk room; married Nathan Tur- 
ner and Sophia Sutton. 

November 28. — Worked at milk room. 

November 29. — Rode to John Heddle's; 169 preached Ephesians 
v. 1 1 ; rode home. 

November 30. — At home; cold and windy. 

December 1. — Studying &c. 

December 2. — Preached at Hanover; in evening at Stephen 
Lane's Romans v. 1-2. 



He was President of the Westchester Bank in Peekskill, and one of the 
trustees of the Van Ness Reformed Dutch Church. Issue : Augusta 
Matilda, born 19 May, 1836; Harriet Louise, born 7 August, 1838; Hettie, 
born 8 February, 1844. 
8. Morris Depew, born 1809; died unmarried, 8 November, 1841. 
See also the valuable series of articles in the New York Genealogical and 
Biographical Record for 1901, on The Family of Dupuis, De Puy, Depew, etc., by 
Frank J. Conkling, Esq., of Brooklyn. 

189 This name is probably Hadley, sometimes spelled Headley. 

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December 3. — At home; worked at stables &c; Mr. Grover came 
here. 

December 4. — Rode to Mr. Heroy's; Mr. Grover preached. 

December 5. — Rode home, Mr. Grover preached at my house; 
full and attentive meeting. 

December 6. — Rode to Croton, preached at Delavan's, John i. 12; 
staid at G[eneral] Cortlandt's. 

December 7. — Rode to Sing-Sing; preached Acts iv. 24; staid all 
night. 

December 8. — Rode home, studying &c. 

December 9. — Preached at Hanover, John iii. 13; in the evening 
at Peter Car [man's], Proverbs iv. 1-6; attentive meeting. 

December 10. — Rode to Salem to visit Mr. Lewis. 

December 11. — At home. 

December 12. — Rode to John Likely 's, married Joseph Bell 17 ° and 
Mary Steinbeck; preached Matthew xi. 28; conference at Deacon 
Travis's in the evening. 

December 13. — Rode to Thomas Colbirth's, preached Matthew 
xv. — ; in the evening at W. Ward's, Matthew xi. 28; attentive. 

December 14. — Cold dry weather; rode home; Smith making 
sled. 

December 15. — Studying &c. 

December 16. — Preached at Peekskill — having "your under- 
standing" — Ephesians i. 8; in evening at J. Travis's; Matthew xi. 28. 

December 17. — Rode home. 

December 18. — Killing hogs; salting meat. 

December 19. — Some snow; at Captain Purdy's; Mrs. Constant 
sick ; conference here. 

December 20. — Warm; snow melting; lent to Mr. Chadderton 
5sh/2. 

December 21. — [At] John Lee's; preached [at] Sol. Smith's, 

Ephesians i. 18. 

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December 22. — Mrs. Constant sick; little time for study. 

December 23. — Snow storm ; no meeting. 

December 24. — Mrs. sick; at home; paid to V. L. 2£-i8-o, for 
Mr. Lewis. 

December 25. — Rode to Red Mills, preached Luke ii. 14; rode 
home. 

December 26. — At Major Strang's; at Deacon Travis's; confer- 
ence. 

December 2j. — At home ; at Highat Lane's, preached Luke xiv. ; 
full meeting. 

December 28. — At home &c. Mrs. Constant better. 

December 29. — Studying, conversing &c. 

December 30. — Preached [at] Hanover, Psalms lxii. 8; in even- 
ing at Major Strang's, John iv. 23. Oh my barren mind and heart. 

December 31. — At home, reading &c. So ends the year, oh God 
forgive all my imperfections; blessed be God for numerous favours. 



1788 

January 1 . — O my God, if it be thy pleasure that I should live out 
this year, grant it may be better spent than any before, and I see more 
of thy salvation, for Christ's sake Amen ! 

January 2. — Cold weather; church meeting; conference Esq r 
Lee's. 

January 3. — People geeting wood; rode to Daniel Horton's 
preached Proverbs xiv. 8 ; home. 

January 4. — At T. Field's, Mrs. Hart's and Knap's. 

January 5. — At home ; studying &c. 

January 6. — [At] Peekskill, preached 2 Peter i. 5-6-7; in the 
evening [at] Major Drake's, Luke xiii. 5 ; staid all night. 

January 7. — Preached funeral sermon; Mrs. Wescoat, deceased, 
Psalms xc. 12; rode home. 

January 8. — Snowy day; rain. 

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January 9. — At Dr. White's; conference [at] Deacon Travis's. 

January 10. — Rode to Obed Purdy's; preached in the evening at 
Mr. Whitney's; Matthew xviii. 4; rode home. 

January 11. — At Captain Paulding's; preached Matthew xviii. 3. 

January 12. — At home; studying &c. 

January 13. — Preached at Hanover, Matthew vii. 21 ; in evening 
at Major Strang's, Ephesians v. 18. 

January 14. — At home, cold day. 

January 15. — The Lord be praised for the last year, and grant me 
wisdom to spend the remainder of my time for his glory; rode to 
Red Mills, preached Matthew xxviii. 19; in the evening at John 
Strang's, Colossians iii. 1. 

January 16. — Rainy day; at home &c. 

January 17. — Rode to Mr. Carman's; preached at Mrs. Budd's, 
Colossians iii. 1. 

January 18. — Rode to Captain Strang's and John Lee's. 

January 19. — Fast day; preached Psalms ciii. 1-12; rainy day. 

January 20. — Preached [at] Hanover, Ephesians iv. 3 ; adminis- 
tered the sacrament; full meeting; in evening [at] Major Strang's 
Hebrews x. 31. 

January 21. — At home, studying. 

January 22. — Rode to Mrs. Brewer's, H. Carman's, preached [at] 
John Conkling's, Matthew xvi. 24. 

January 23. — Conference at Esq r Lee's in evening. 

January 24. — At Dr. White's and Cromwel's. 

January 25. — Snowy day. 

January 26. — Studying &c. 

January 27. — Preached [at] Peekskill ; in the evening at J. 
Travis's Proverbs xxiii. 23. 

January 28. — Rode to Waterbury in Sleigh. 

January 29. — Rainy morning, at father Lewis's. 

January 30. — At father Lewis's &c. 

January 31. — At Mr. Fowler's. 

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February I. — Set off for home; rode to Salem to Mr. Lewis's; 
staid all night. 

February 2. — Rode home ; found family well. 

February 3. — Preached [at] Hanover, 1 Peter v. 8; in evening at 
Joshua Highat's, Philippians iii. 3 ; rainy evening. 

February 4. — Pleasant morning; at Major Strang's. 

February 5. — Very cold, at home &c, reading. 

February 6. — Pleasant morning, but cold, married Elisha Lane 
and Nancy Dillingham. 

February 7. — Preached at Dr. Standley's 171 Zachariah xi. 12. 

February 8. — Preached [at] Abram. Wright's, Ephesians v. 3. 

February 9. — At home, studying &c. 

February 10. — Preached at Hanover 2 Peter, last; at Major 
Strang's Acts xv. II. 

February 11. — At David Knap's with trustees, society at Mr. 
Carman's in the evening. 

February 12. — Getting wood &c. 

February 13. — Preached at Joseph Strang Jun r 's. 

February 14. — At Red Mills, Baddow's, Matthew xviii. 3. 

February 15. — At Gil[bert] Forman's. 

February 16. — Studying &c. 

171 Dr. David Stanley, one of the early physicians in the vicinity of Peekskill. 
Under date of 4 November, 1761, the records of Cortlandt Manor note that Dr. 
David Stanley enters cattle-marks for Caleb Hall. He married (doubtless a second 
marriage), 9 April, 1772 (New York Marriages), Catharine, daughter of Michael 
Mekeel, of Yorktown, by whom he had Nathaniel, who is named in the will of his 
grandfather Michael Mekeel, dated 8 August, 1807 (Westchester Wills, K, 116), 
as Dr. Nathaniel Stanley. The latter was married by Mr. Constant, 11 November, 
1797, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Curry, Jr., of Cortlandt, by his wife Sarah 
Ferris, by whom he had Joseph C Stanley ; Thomas P. Stanley ; William Stanley ; 
Catharine Stanley, who married Stephen Curry ; Sarah Ferris Stanley, who married 
(1) Nathaniel Brown, (2) Benjamin B. Gray. Mrs. Stanley's father, Richard Curry, 
made bequests in his will of 1 June, 1830 (ibid., R, 1-3), to his daughter and grand- 
sons above and to his great-grandson Richard Henry Stanley. The codicil, which 
bears date 28 May, 1833, states that his daughter Elizabeth Stanley was deceased. 

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February 17. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Romans v. 20; in even- 
ing [at] Richard Curry's 172 Psalms xcix. 5. 

February 18. — At Mr. Birdsall's; rode home; good sleighing, 
cold day. 

February 19. — Rode to Daniel Knap's; preached John xii. 21-26. 

February 20. — At Deacon Travis's, conference. 

February 21. — At Amawalk, preached Lamentations iii. 12; mar- 
ried Samuel Baker 173 and Nancy Highat; preached at P. Carman's 
Romans i. 16; paid to Capt. Strang, 2£. 

172 Richard Curry was doubtless the son of Richard Curry, of Eastchester, to 
whom was granted 26 February, 1707, the administration of the estate of his father- 
in-law, Robert Stivers. (Pelletreau's Westchester Wills.) Tradition says that he 
early settled in Peekskill Hollow, below what has since been known as Adam's 
Corners. His ear-mark for cattle was, however, recorded in Cortlandt Manor, 
5 April, 1763. He died 20 March, 1806, aged ninety-six years and four months. His 
wife Elizabeth, died 14 February, 1778, aged sixty-six years and two months, and 
both are buried in St. Peter's church-yard at Peekskill. His children, named in 
his will of 13 February, 1802 (Westchester Wills, F, 286), were: 1. Joshua Curry, 
called " the eldest." 2. Stephen Curry, who married, according to Bolton, Frances 
Moore. He lived in the vicinity of Peekskill. Mr. Constant was a frequent guest 
at his house, as well as at that of his father's and brother Richard's. Both he and 
his brother Richard served in the Revolution as privates in Captain Boyd's company, 
Colonel Drake's regiment of New York militia. 3. Sarah Curry, married, as first 
wife, John Jones of Peekskill, and died 31 December, 1770, aged thirty-one years and 
eight months. 4. Rachel Curry, married William Lane, and died before her father. 

5. Martha Curry, married Sherwood. 6. Mary Curry, married John Smith, 

and predeceased her father. 7. Jemima Curry, married Elijah Horton. 8. Elizabeth 
Curry, married (1) Joseph Lee, of Yorktown ; married (2), by Mr. Constant, 23 
October, 1794, to Robert Wright. 9. Phebe Curry, married John Sherwood. 10. 
Richard Curry, married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Ferris, of Yorktown. He died 
in August, 1835, and she in May, 1833. The legatees under his will (ibid., R, 1-13) 
were wife Sarah, daughter Elizabeth, wife of Dr. Nathaniel Stanley, grandchildren 
Joseph C. and Thomas P. Stanley, Sarah F. Brown, wife of Nathaniel Brown, and 
Catharine M. Curry, great-grandson Richard Henry Stanley, and Sarah and Jane 
Eliza, the daughters of Jonathan Ferris, Esq. 

178 Samuel Baker of Somers executed his will 4 January, 1833, proved 25 Feb- 
ruary next following (ibid., O, 214-215), under which he made bequests to son 
Horace, wife Ann, daughters Hester Ann Reynolds, Jane Eliza Forman, Irene Baker, 
and to grandchildren in the West, Alva and Cadelia Mead, they under age. The 
duplicate marriage list gives Nancy Highat as Nancy Hyatt. 

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February 22. — Rode to Daniel Brown's, Galatians iv. 7; at W. 
Ward's in the evening, Matthew xxv. 6; staid all night. 

February 23. — Rode home; studying &c. 

February 24. — Preached at Hanover 1 Corinthians iii. 9; in the 
evening at J. Highat's John i. 36. 

February 25. — At home; rode to John Conkling's; society meet- 
ing at J. Highat's. 

February 26. — Rode to Joseph Strang's, preached Psalms i. 5. 

February 27. — Cold day; [in the] evening at Peter Lane's, 
preached Colossians i. 1-10. 

February 28. — Rode to Salem ; trustees met there ; married Peter 
Baker and Martha Mosley; very cold. 

February 29. — Rode home. 

March 1. — Clear and cold, studying &c. 

March 2. — Preached at Hanover, Romans iii. 27; at Ephraim 
Beadle's, Isaiah iii. 13; very cold. 

March 3. — Preached funeral [sermon at] Thomas Thome's; 
death of John Conkling. 174 

March 4. — At home, Esq r Lee here; sent my oxen to Joshua 
Highat's. 

March 5. — At Dr. White's ; conference at Deacon Travis's. 

March 6. — Church meeting at Ingersol's. 

March 7. — Cutting wood, studying; reading &c. 

March 8. — Warm weather, studying &c. 

March 9. — Preached at Peekskill Isaiah lv. 9; in the evening at 
Birdsall's Matthew xxv. 6. 

March 10. — Rode to John Carman's; preached Mark x. 22; rode 
home. 

March 11. — Rode to Mr. Huffs, preached 1 Peter vi. 6; rode to 
Mr. Sands's ; preached Matthew xxii. 42 ; staid all night. 

March 12. — Rode to Daniel Horton's, widow Covert's, Joseph 

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Fowler's; conference at Birdsal's; Mr. Lewis came to see me; staid 
all night. 

March 13. — Rode to Mr. Lee's (John), to Delancy's; Mr. Potter 
here. 

March 14. — Cloudy; some rain; Mr. Lewis goeth home &c. 

March 15. — Study &c. 

March 16. — Preached at Hanover, Proverbs xvi. 5 ; [and at] 
Major Strang's Proverbs xvi. 19. 

March 17. — Pleasant day; Joseph went to Salem to school. 

March 18. — Got hay at Capt. Purdy's. 

March 19. — Preached [at] Ingersol's, in the evening Hebrews 
xxiii. 10. 

March 20. — Preached [at] Daniel Horton Jun r 's, 1 Peter ii. 12. 

March 21. — Mr. Cole here, Mr. Lee (John) &c. 

March 22.. — Studying &c. 

March 23. — Preached at Hanover John xiv. 23 ; Psalms xviii. 
1-2-3. 

March 24. — Cold and snow showers ; went to Mr. Carman's. 

March 25. — Rode to Red Mills; preached Luke xix. 12; staid at 
Dr. Cornelius's. 

March 26. — Rode to Bill Horton's, Haight's, Head's, Kennett's, 
Deacon Travis's ; preached Luke xix. 42. 

March 27. — Cold dry weather; married James Griffin 175 and 
Sarah Piatt, Mr. Thomson here; staid all night. 

March 28. — Rode to Zopher Jones's, preached lv. 1, 2, 3. 

March 29. — Cold and windy; studying. 

176 The following may refer to him: James Griffin, of Blakely, late of Providence 
township, in the County of Luzerne, Pennsylvania, by will of February, 1839, 
proved 14 December, 1840 (Westchester Wills, W, 402), gave to son, the Rev. 
Samuel Griffin, his stock in the Philadelphia and Great Bend Turnpike Road Com- 
pany, and to his grandsons Robert and Theodore, the sons of said Samuel, when of 
lawful age. His wife Sarah, sons Ezekiel, Elias, and Philip, daughters Polly, wife 
of John Stephens, and Elizabeth, wife of Right Rev. Elder John Miller, were also 
provided for. 

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March 30. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah lxvi. 2 ; in the evening 
at John Jones Jun r 's, Proverbs xvi. 19. 

March 31. — At Mr. Serine's, J. Highat's; home. 

April 1. — Rode to Bedford — town meeting — ; staid at Mr. Daven- 
port's. 

April 2. — Rode to North Stamford monthly meeting; preached 
2 Peter, last. 

April 3. — Rode to Poundridge; preached Ephesians iii. 16. At 
Mr. Owens in the evening, John i. 12. 

April 4. — Rode home, preached at David Knap's, Acts xvi. 31; 
baptized his children. 176 

April 5. — Studying. 

April 6. — Preached at Hanover, John v. 38; Psalms lxxviii. 65. 

April 7. — At home &c. 

April 8. — Rode to Mr. E. Haight's; preached Colossians iv. 2. 

April 9. — Rode to Captain Reed's, preached Isaiah lxvi. 2. 

April 10. — Church meeting. 

April 1 1 . — Studying &c. 

April 12. — Fast day; preached Luke xxiv. 46; rainy day. 

April 13. — Preached at Hanover, Song of Solomon iii. 6; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament, pleasant day. 

April 14. — Some rain. 

April 16. — Went to the Peekskill, Mrs. Constant with me at J. 
Travis's, Birdsall's. 

April 17. — At Mrs. Delancy's. 

April 18. — At Mr. Depue's; preached funeral sermon, his child 
dead. 

April 19. — At home studying. 

April 20. — At Peekskill; preached Isaiah lvii. 13; John i. 6. 

April 21. — At Sprock's, Cortlandt's &c. 

April 22. — Rainy day ; Esq r Lee here. 

178 Though no date is affixed, the entry in Mr. Constant's list of baptisms gives 
the names, Daniel, Moses, and Benjamin Knapp. 

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April 23. — At Mr. Carman's. 

April 24. — Cloudy morning; swallows appear; sowing oats. 
April 26. — Studying. 

April 27. — Preached at Hanover, Isaiah liii. last; Psalms lviii. 2. 
April 28. — Wetish day, at home. 
April 29. — Election day ; rode to Salem. 

April 30. — Quarter-day; rode to Macajah Wright's; married 
David Bedle and Milicent Wright ; rode home. 
May 1. — Mr. Judd preached here. 



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May 
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. — Preached [at] Mrs. Covert's, Hebrews xii. 2. 

-Studying. 
. — Preached [at] Hanover, Matthew ix. 2; Psalms xli. 4. 

-At home ; Mr. Budd. 
. — Rode to Bedford ; staid [at] Woolsy's. 

-Attended presbytery. 
. — Rode home, Mr. Morse with me. 
-Rainy day. 
May 10. — Studying. 

May 11. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached John xiv. ; Psalms cxix. 3 ; 
rode to Mr. J. Nelson's ; staid all night. 

May 12. — Rode into the Clove; staid [at] Timothy Smith's. 
May 13. — Rainy morning; rode to Blooming Grove; staid at 
Chandler's. 

May 14. — Rode to Oxford, preached [at] James Little's, 
Proverbs xvi. 19; at Mr. Bradner's Psalms lxxii. 8; staid at John 
Brewster's. 

May 15. — At Mr. Bradner's; rode to Smith's Clove, preached 
Matthew xviii. 3 ; staid at Brown's. 

May 16. — Rode to J. Nelson's, preached Matthew xviii. 3; staid 
at Nelson's. 

May 17. — Rode to Hanover; warm growing weather. 
May 18. — Preached at Hanover, Psalms xxvii. 4; John i. 13; full 
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May 19. — Rode to Smith Jones's, preached funeral sermon 1 
Peter iv. 7 Mr. Depue [dead?], preached [at] Mrs. Depue's, Job 
iv. 8 &c. 

May 20. — Rode to Jesse Owen's; to widow Owen's; preached 
John vi. 44; rode to Wakeman's, preached John vi. 57; at home, Mr. 
Porter here. 

May 21. — Warm day; planted potatoes. 

May 22. — Warm weather. 

May 23 and 24. — Studying &c. 

May 25. — Preached [at] Hanover, James iv. 8; conference here 
towards evening. 

May 26. — At Dr. White's [and] Major Strang's. 

May 27. — Rode to Peekskill, married Amaziah Duzenbury and 
Rachel Swam. 

May 28. — At home. 

May 29. — At the school house, etc. preached at Jerry Fox's, John 
iv. 34. 

May 30. — At home studying etc. 

May 31. — Preached at Peekskill Psalms lii. 9-10. 

June 1. — Preached 1 Peter i. 18, 19, Luke xxiii. 48; sacrament. 

June 2. — Clear and pleasant ; at home. 

June 3. — Presbytery sat here. 

June 4. — Presbytery sat here. 

June 5. — Ordination of etc; presbytery adjourned to last Tues- 
day in October at Mr. Green's. 

June 6. — Mr. Osborn staid here etc. 

June 7. — Studying &c. 

June 8. — Preached Y[orktown], Psalms lxxi. 5, John vi. 44; con- 
ference here towards evening. 

June 9. — Training day, Mr. Townley here. 

June 10. — Hot weather. 

June 1 1 . — Hot weather ; boys began to hoe &c. 

June 12. — Mr. Forman here; St. John sick; rainy afternoon. 



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June 13. — Rode to Mr. Wakeman's, preached Luke xvi. 13; bap- 
tized Oakley's child Damaris. 

June 14. — Pleasant morning; studying; Dr. Reves here. 

June 15. — Preached at Y. [Yorktown], Romans ii. 6; Hebrews 
iv. 9 ; Mr. Townley preached here. 

June 16. — At home; Mr. Townley rode homeward, church 
meeting. 

June 17. — Set off for New Marlborough; rainy day; stopped at 
Esquire Wright's at Fishkill. 

June 18. — Rode to New Marlborough; attended church meeting, 
preached 2 Peter, last ; staid at Mr. Foote's. 

June 19. — Preached 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

June 20. — Rode to New Pfaltz; preached John i. 12. 

June 21. — Rode to Mr. Foot's, etc. 

June 22. — Preached [at] New M[arlborough], Proverbs xvi. 19; 
James iv. 8 rode to Captain Fowler's. 

June 23. — Rode to Smiths Clove, staid [at] A. Lewis's. 

June 24. — Preached at Davenport's, 1 Peter iv. 18. 

June 25. — At Garner's. 

June 26. — Preached in Meeting House, John vi. 44 [at] Deacon 
Miller's. 

June 27. — Rode to John Wood's; Mr. Bradford preached; staid 
all night. 

June 28. — At Timothy Smith's etc. 

June 29. — Preached in Meeting House, Ephesians vi. 16; adminis- 
tered the Sacrament, Luke xxiii. 47; at Deacon Coningham's, mar- 
ried Jacob Osborn and Katharine [of Smith's Clove]. 

June 30. — Set off for home; at Mr. Benson's all night. Oh the 
goodness of God in preserving me. 

July 1. — Rode home; family well. 

July 2. — Clear and warm day, harvesting. 

July 3. — At home reading etc. 

July 4. — At Mr. Conkling's, and Mrs. Brewer's. 



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July 5. — Studying etc. 

July 6. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews ii. 6, Psalms 1. 22. 

July 7. — Warm growing season ; rode to see Drake's farm, etc. 

July 8. — At Captain Purdy's. 

July 9. — Rode to Red Mills, preached Matthew xviii. 3. 

July 10. — At Solomon Smith's, 1 Timothy vi. 6. 

July 11. — At Captain Purdy's; preached. 

July 12. — At home, studying; rode to Birdsall's. 

July 13. — Preached at Peekskill, Job xxii. 21; Revelation iii. 5; 
staid at John Carman's. 

July 14. — Rode to Whitney's, Montross's [and] Widow Wright's. 

July 15. — Cloudy morning; at Peekskill; preached [at] Joseph 
Fowler's and baptized his children. 

July 16. — Married Dr. Drake 177 and Jane Drake. 

July 17. — Conference at Mr. Purdy's; Deacon Forman here. 

July 18.— r-At Collabarack, 178 baptized Curtice [and] Palmer. 

July 19. — Studying; rye harvesting; Mr. Lewis came here. 

July 20. — Rode to Salem; preached Ephesians vi. 16; 2 Peter iii. 
18; staid at Mr. Lewis's. 

July 21. — Rode home; at Deacon Brown's ; boys finished rye. 

177 Dr. Nathaniel Drake was fifth in descent from Samuel Drake, who married, 
in Fairfield, Connecticut, 13 September, 1650, Ann, daughter of John Barlowe, and 
who, after representing Fairfield in the General Assembly of Connecticut in 1662, 
removed to Eastchester, New York, in 1665, and died there in May, 1686, leaving, 
according to his will, probated 2 June of that year, sons John, Samuel, and Joseph 
and several daughters. Joseph 2 Drake, probably the youngest son, as he is men- 
tioned last in his father's will, died at Eastchester in May, 1732, leaving, inter alias, 
Captain John 8 and Benjamin, the former of whom was the grandfather of Dr. 
Nathaniel Drake of the text, and the latter the great-grandfather of Joseph Rodman 
Drake, M.D., the poet, born 7 August, 1795 ; died 21 September, 1820. Nathaniel 
Drake 8 , the son of Gilbert 4 Drake by his wife Elizabeth Underhill, was born at 
Yorktown, 27 August, 1763, and died at Peekskill, 1 February, 1851. His wife Jane 
died 27 March, 1834, aged sixty-two years. Through his mother, Dr. Drake was a 
grandson of Nathaniel Underhill, of Westchester, and great-great-grandson of the 
famous Captain John Underhill. 

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July 22. — Rode to Dr. Cornelius's ; conference. 

July 23. — At Deacon Travis's &c; studying. 

July 24. — Church meeting; rainy day. 

July 25. — Studying. 

July 26. — Fast day; preached [at] Y[orktown], Psalms Ixxxix. 
1-4; [and] Psalms Ixxxix. 15 to close. 

July 27. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], 1 Corinthians ii. 14; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament; preached Proverbs i. 20. 

July 28. — Rainy morning. 

July 29. — At home, hot weather. 

July 30. — At Mr. Wakeman's. 

July 31. — At H. Carman's; conference at Meeting House. 

August 1. — Rode to Eb. Mead's; preached Matthew xvi. 24; full 
meeting. 

August 2. — Studying; Mr. Prior here. 

August 3. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Hebrews iii. 1 ; Romans xii. 
1 1 ; staid at Mr. Cortlandt's ; at Depue's. 

August 4. — [At] Duzenbury's, Carny's; 178b widow Fowler's; 
preached [at] T. Bashford's, Matthew xix. 13-14; at Gould Sellick's, 
Romans xvi. 1 ; staid at Owen's. 

August 5. — Rode to John Ager's preached Matthew ix. 13; rode 
home. 

August 6. — Boys taking up oats. 

August 7. — At home, conference meeting. 

August 8-9. — Boys carting oats and flax; making fence [for] 
east side oats ; studying &c. 

August 10. — Preached at Y[orktown], Proverbs xii. 18; 2 Corin- 
thians iv. last. 

August 11. — Hot dry weather; at home. 

August 12. — People mowing grass. 

August 13. — Mr. Townley here, preached [in the] meeting house, 

Mrs. Wright buried. 

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August 14. — Rode to North Castle, married Henry Palmer and 
Mary Wright. 

August 15. — Preached at Walter Ward's, Psalms iv. 2. 



August 16 
August 17 



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August 18 
August 19 

home. 

August 20 
August 21 

rode home. 
August 22 
August 23 
August 24 
August 25 
August 26 

reau's, Fowler 
August 27 

Brewer's, staid 
August 28 
August 29 



— At home, studying, haying. 

— Preached [at] Y[orktown], Judges xii. 7, Proverbs 



-Very rainy day. 

-Very rainy day, cleared off; Mr. Townley went 

— Rode to Gilbert Budd's; preached John iv. 28. 

— Rode to Conrad Felty's ; preached Luke [broken] ; 



— Preached at James Carman's, Matthew xix. 13-14. 
— Studying &c. 

— [Preached] at Peekskill, Mica vi. 1 ; Matthew ii. 12. 
— Warm day; hot, growing [weather]. 
— Warm morning; visited Doolittle's, Covert's Lamo- 
s Sherred's, Carman's, Crawford's and Owens's. 
— Warren's, 1T8c Griffin's, Gould Sellick's, Wakeman's, 
[at] Thome's, preached Isaiah lv. 1, 2, 3. 
— At home, some persons mowing back meadow. 
— Visiting Highat's, Howe's, Bashford's, Conckling's, 
Highat's, Long's, Carman's, Ward's, Covert's; preached [at] Mrs. 
Brewer's, 1 Peter ii. 12. 

August 30. — At home studying, rainy in the afternoon. 
August 31. — Preached [at] Yorktown 1 Peter ii. 6, 9. Blessed 
be God for his goodness. 

September 1. — Worked at hay; some rain; Mrs. Sackett here. 
September 2. — At Major Strang's, [and] Mrs. Delancy's. 
September 3. — Stacking hay ; preached at Deacon Travis's Psalms 



IX. 2. 



September 4. — Rode to Captain Reed's, preached. 

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September 5. — Rode to Mr. Bugbee's preached John v. 35-6. 

September 6. — Studying &c. 

September 7. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Psalms lxi. 5 ; Matthew 
ix. 13, rainy. 

September 8. — Rainy day; at home. 

September 9. — At Dr. White's. 

September 10. — Parish meeting; dry weather. 

September 11. — Foggy morning; preached at Joshua Highat's, 
Micha vii. 18; married Mary Palmer. 

September 12. — Began to sow rye; church meeting at Mr. Wool- 
sey's. 

September 13. — Studying &c. 

September 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews xii. 1, 2; Romans 
vii. 13; in the evening at Mr. Birdsall's, Hebrews xii. 28. 

September 15. — Preached [at] Widow Owen's, Philippians iii. 3. 

September 16. — Preached [at] John Rihe's (?), Philippians iii. 3; 
finished sowing. 

September 17. — At home. 

September 18. — Went to Salem, with Mrs. Constant and Townley. 

September 19. — Rode home. 

September 20. — Studying &c. 

September 21. — Preached at Y[orktown] Isaiah xii. 3 xlii. 21. 

September 22. — At Dr. White's ; baptized his children. 

September 23. — Rode to Duzenbury's &c. 

September 24. — Rode to John Hedley's, preached Philippians iii. 3 
Society meeting at Esq r Lee's. 

September 25. — At home, Huff hired. 

September 26. — Warm foggy morning. 

September 27. — Studying &c. 

September 28. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Romans viii. 31 ; Luke 

xii. 35- 

September 29. — Rode to Nathaniel Horton's; preached. 
September 30. — Rode to Salem; trustees meeting. 

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October I. — Rode home, at Mr. Woolsey's &c. 

October 2. — Rode to Joshua Tompkins's; preached Jeremiah vi. 
16; rode home; Mr. Baldwick here. 

October 3. — At home; pleasant day; Mr. Cortlandt here ; bought 
the parsonage of him &c. 

October 4. — Studying &c. 

October 5. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians xiii. 13; John 
x. 32, conference at Depue's. 

October 6. — Preached at John Carman's, Proverbs ii. 20. 
' October 7. — Rainy day ; at home. 

October 8. — Rode to Salem, [at] Mr. Mead's; preached. 

October 9. — Presbytery adjourned to Mr. Case's, first Wednesday 
in May next ; rode home. 

October 10. — Preached at Esq r Lane's, 1 Corinthians ix. 24. 
Society meeting at Esq 1 " Lee's. 

October 11. — Studying &c. 

October 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Zachariah ix. 9; 1 Peter iii. 
13; in the evening at Highat Lane's, Philippians iii. 3. 

October 13. — At David Knap's; at home &c. 

October 14. — Church meeting. 

October 15. — Rode to Poundridge. 

October 16. — Attended presbytery; Mr. Judd installed; rode to 
Mr. John Woolsey's ; staid all night. 

October 17. — Rode home etc. 

October 18. — Church fast, etc. preached John i. 1-12; 2 Timothy 
ii. 15. 

October 19. — Preached [at] Yorktown 1 Peter i. 8; administered 
the Sacrament; Mr. Moss preached in the afternoon, Ephesians vi. 
11, 12, 13. 

October 20. — At home; rainy day; boys brought apples from A. 
Wright's. 

October 21. — Preached at Robert Crawford's, Psalms xix. 13; 
staid at John Carman's. 

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October 22. — Rode home; Captain Purdy here. 

October 23. — Preached [at] Col. Haight's; in the evening, Mr. 
Moss preached. 

October 24. — At Daniel Horton's ; surveying farm. 

October 25. — Studying; boys finished gathering corn. 

October 26. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John xii. 26; Matthew 
xxviii. 19; rode home; Mr. Lewis preached. 

October 27. — Set off for New York; staid at Day's. 

October 28. — Rode into New York; on to Hanover. 

October 29. — Attended presbytery. 

October 30. — Attended presbytery. 

October 31. — Set off for home; at New Y[ork]. 

November 1. — Rode home. 

November 2. — Preached [at] Y[orktown] Lukexix. 4; Jeremiah 
1. 5, married John Rockwell [and Mary Knapp]. 

November 3. — Warm pleasant weather; training day. 

November 4. — Rode to John Vail's; married Abraham Beadle 
and Vail. 179 

November 5. — At home; preached in the evening at Ingersoll's, 
Hebrews iv. last. 

November 6. — Went to Mr. Carman's; preached funeral sermon 
[of] Joseph Carman; James iv. 14; in the evening [at] Gilbert Oak- 
ley's, Colossians ii. 13; staid at Joseph Haight's. 

November 7. — At home ; rainy day. 

November 8. — Studying &c. 

November 9. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], Amos iv. 12; Gala- 
tains iv. 18. 

179 Mr. Constant's duplicate list gives " Hannah" as the Christian name of the 
bride. The groom may be the Abraham Bedle, of Somers, who made his will 30 
December, 1842, proved 20 February, 1843, an d gave his estate to daughters Eliza- 
beth Weeks; Anna, wife of Jeremiah Putney, and David and Isaac, and the children 
of son William, "deceased." (Westchester Wills, Z, 144.) Anna, daughter of 
Abraham Bedle, was married to Jeremiah Putney, in 1810, by Mr. Constant. Hannah 
Bedle was on the membership roll of the Hanover Church after 1786. 

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November 10. — Cold weather; married Captain Hedden's son, 180 
and preached at his house in evening, Matthew xv. 16. 

November 12. — Getting stones; rainy day. 

November 13. — Pulled down chimney. 

November 14. — Preached funeral sermon, Ecclesiastes vii. [of]' 
Lydia Lane; rode to Captain Reed's, preached in the evening; bap- 
tized his children, Mary, Sarah, and Elizabeth. 

November 15. — Rode to John Woolsey's, preached Galatians iv. 
last. 

November 16. — Preached [at] Bedford, Philippians ii. 3; Zacha- 
riah ii. 7. 

November 17. — Rode to Newtown. 

November 18. — Rode to Salem. 

November 19. — At Mr. Fowler's &c. 

November 20. — Rode to New Milford. 

November 2 1 . — Rode to North Salem. 

November 22. — Rode home; family well; Blessed be God for all 
his mercies. 

November 23. — Preached [at] Yorktown, 2 Timothy iii. 5 ; He- 
brews xiii. 13, 15. 

November 24. — Building chimneys. 

November 25. — Ditto; cold weather. 

November 26. — Very cold and stormy; building chimneys. 

November 2j. — Rainy day ; rode to J. Sherred's ; preached Jere- 
miah viii. 22 ; staid all night. 

November 28. — Rode to Gabriel McFarden's; preached Philip- 
pians i. 10, 11 — rode home. 

November 29. — Studying &c &c. 

180 Abraham Smith Hedden was commissioned 27 February, 1779, captain in 
Colonel Samuel Drake's regiment of Westchester County militia. (New York in 
the Revolution.) His " son," of the text, was Gilbert Hedden, who married Deborah 
Bartow. His daughter, Sarah- Hedden, was married by Mr. Constant, to Stephen 
Crane, 21 November, 1792. 

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November 30. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], Ephesians ii. 17; 
Isaiah xxxiii. 3. 

December 1. — In evening preached [at] Captain Hedden's, Philip- 
pians i. 10, II. 

December 2. — Some people carting wood ; in evening preached at 
David Knap's, Philippians i. 10, 11. 

December 3. — Very cold; getting wood &c. 

December 4. — Rode to Mr. Tompkins's ; preached funeral sermon 
at the funeral of Mrs. Tompkins ; 181 in the evening conference at 
Joshua Highat's. 182 

December 5. — At Major Strang's, sledding. 

December 6. — Clear and pleasant ; studying. 

December 7. — Rode to Peekskill, preached Ephesians v. 12; 
Proverbs xv. 25; in evening Philippians i. 10, 11; staid at Captain 
Hate's. 

December 8. — Rode home ; pleasant weather. 

December 9. — Rainy day; St. John set off for York; preached 
at Daniel Horton Jun r 's, Matthew vi. 20, 21. 

December 10. — At home; conference here in the evening. 

December 11. — At Chatterton's ; getting wood. 

December 12. — At Mr. Beadle's and Carman's. 

December 13. — Pleasant weather; studying &c. 

December 14. — Preached at Y[orktown], Matthew xxv. 7; in the 
evening at Mr. Whitney's, Ephesians v. 8, 9, 10; muddy weather. 

December 15. — At home; warm weather. 

181 Mary Field, the wife of Sylvanus Tompkins. 

182 Joshua Hyatt, a son of John Hyatt, one of the three early trustees of the 
Yorktown Presbyterian Church, to whom, under date of 2 January, 1739, was 
executed the deed for land upon which the meeting-house had already been erected; 
born 26 April, 1738; died 1 November, 1801 ; married, 15 November, 1761, Mary 
Bashford, born 28 September, 1741 ; died 11 May, 181 1. Issue: Sarah, John, Byaly, 
James, Justus, Mary, who died young, and Mary. He was a Revolutionary soldier. 
(See New York in the Revolution, 267.) After the war he was colonel of West- 
chester County militia. 

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December 16. — Warm weather; at James Cox's [and] Daniel 
Horton's, preached Acts xiii. 38, 39. 

December 17. — At home; snowy day; at Deacon Travis's; con- 
ference. 

December 18. — At Joshua Highat's; preached in evening, Colos- 
sians i. 10, 11, 12; staid all night. 

December 19. — Rode home; Ingersoll here, making St. John's 
great coat. 

December 20. — Studying ; Mr. Lewis came here to preach. 

December 21. — Rode to North Salem; preached Philippians iii. 
3 ; Ephesians v. 8, 9 ; rode to Mr. Haight's ; staid all night. 

December 22. — Rode home; rode to Peekskill married Abraham 
Conkling and Eleanor Little, staid at Birdsall's. 

December 23. — Rode home; went to Walter Ward's; preached 
Romans v. 1, 2; staid all night. 

December 24. — Rode home, at Major Strang's. 

December 25. — At Capt. Purdy's. 

December 26. — Getting timber for barns. 

December 27. — In my study; Mr. Beebe here making shoes; lent 
to Major Strang 11-6. 

December 28. — Stormy day; preached at Mr. Lee's, Romans v. 
1, 2; married Thomas Golden and Sarah Knap. 

December 29. — Warm day; snow melts fast; rode to Croton; 
married Henry Rich. 183 

December 30. — At home, etc. 

December 3 1 . — Rode to Peekskill ; staid at Captain Hate's ; Mrs. 
Constant with me. Thus have I ended another year by Divine good- 
ness. May God pardon the many sins I have been guilty of, and give 

me more grace. 

1789 

January 1. — Rode home; preached at Capt. Purdy's, Matthew 

*****, full meeting. 

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January 2. — Rode to Seaman's ; got cloth ; paid 7sh. 6d. ; at 
Capt Carman's, Hadden's, Horton's. 

January 3. — Studying; snow and hail. 

January 4. — Preached [at] Y[orktown] Matthew iv. 2; in the 
evening at Gilbert Forman's, Matthew ii. 38. 

January 5. — Clear and cold; rode to William Drake's, preached 
Hebrews iv. last. 

January 6. — Rode to George Brigg's, 184 preached 1 Peter ii. 5 ; 
people getting wood for me. 

January 7. — Rode to Red Mills, married James Badeau and Anice 
Derbyshire; attended a catechism meeting at Mr. Webb's; Mr. Moss 
preached in the evening at Captain Hadden's. 

January 8. — Church meeting here; preached in the evening at 
Joshua Highat's Romans v. 1, 2. 

January 9. — At home studying &c. 

January 10. — Sacramental fast; preached John xviii. I. 

January 11. — Preached at Y[orktown] Isaiah ii. 6; administered 
the Sacrament; good sleighing; full meeting. 

January 12. — Clear and cold; married King 185 and Sarah 

Paulding. 

January 14. — At Solomon Smith's; preached Matthew iii. 10. 

January 15- 16- 17. — In the evening at Isaac Lents; staid all 
night. 

January 18. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Hebrews iii. 6; in the 
evening at Jesse Owens's, 2 Corinthians vi. 16; rode home. 

January 19. — Society meeting [at] Sol. Smith's. 

January 20. — Some people getting wood. 

184 George Briggs, of Yorktown, farmer, made his will 20 April, 1795, under 
which his legatees were wife Catharine, sons John and James, daughters Nancy 
Turtle, Mary Lent, Eleanor Conkling, Laner Strang, and Catharine Ryder, and 
grandsons Henry Briggs, John Turtle, George Lent, George Conkling, Gilpin Strang, 
and John Ryder. The instrument was proved 5 February, 1796. (Westchester 
Wills, B. 289.) His wife was Catharine Bloom. 

185 Henry King. 

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January 21. — Set off for White Plains; staid at Mr. Tomp- 
kins's. 186 

, 1M Judge Jonathan Griffin Tompkins, who was named at birth Joshua Tompkins, 
for his father, who removed from Westchester town to Scarsdale, where one of his 
neighbors, Captain Jonathan Griffin, became interested in the young Joshua, adopted 
him, and had him baptized Jonathan Griffin Tompkins. Judge Tompkins was born 
at Scarsdale, 8 June, 1736, and died at White Plains, 22 May, 1823. He made his 
entrance into public life with Gouverneur Morris, as a member of the Westchester 
County Committee, called 8 May, 1775, to elect delegates for the Provincial Con- 
gress. He was commissioned adjutant of the Second Regiment, Westchester County 
militia, under Colonel Thomas Thomas, 19 October, 1775, and recommissioned 20 
May, 1778. He was a member of the State Convention which adopted the Declara- 
tion of Independence, and the first constitution of the State; of the New York 
Assembly of 1780-82, and of that of 1786-87, also for many years first judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas for Westchester, and one of the Regents of the University 
of New York from its foundation in 1784 until his resignation in 1807. He was 
also one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church at White Plains at its incorpora- 
tion, 13 February, 1788. He married, 27 October, 1758, Sarah, daughter of Caleb 
Hyatt, who died 22 April, 1816, and by whom he had : 

1. Caleb Tompkins, born 22 December, 1759; married Deborah Varian. He 

inherited from his father the "Fox Meadow" estate in Scarsdale. He was 
commissioned judge of the Westchester County Courts in 1808. 

2. Dorothy Tompkins, born 21 January, 1761. 

3. Joshua Tompkins, born 4 April, 1762; died young. 

4. Elijah Tompkins, born 19 July, 1763; died 19 December, 1813; married 

Sarah, daughter of John Barker, of Scarsdale. 

5. John Tompkins, born 8 November, 1767; died 7 January, 1772. 

6. Phebe Tompkins, born 22 July, 1769. 

7. Enoch Tompkins, born 21 August, 1771 ; married Mary, daughter of John 

Barker; served with distinction in three wars, — the Seminole, the Mexican, 
and the Civil War. 

8. Daniel D. Tompkins, born 21 June, 1774; died at Tompkinsville, Staten 

Island, 11 June, 1825; married Hannah, daughter of Mangle Minthorne, 
Esq., of New York. He was from 1807 to 1817 governor of the State of 
New York, and his zeal and service during the war with Great Britain won 
him the esteem of every section of the Union, and the vice-presidency of 
the United States during the administration of Mr. Monroe. (For a full 
sketch of, see Herring's National Portrait Gallery, vol. ii.) 

9. George W. Tompkins, born 19 March, 1777; married Charity Purdy. 

10. Anne Tompkins, born 13 October, 1779; married Francis Secor. 

11. Sarah Tompkins, born 11 August, 1782. 

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January 22. — Rode to West Chester [to] Mr. Barton's; snow 
storm. 

January 23. — Rode to New Rochelle; saw whale; to Mr. Tomp- 
kins's &c. 

January 24. — Went to Job Austin's; 187 Hebrews iv. last. 

January 25. — Preached at White Plains 2 Peter last; in evening 
1 Timothy iv. 8; staid at Mr. Hatfield's. 188 

January 26. — Rode home ; God be praised for all his mercies. 

January 27. — In the woods ; carting timber. 

January 28. — Went to Benjamin Wright's; married John Rider 
and Mary McFarden. 

January 29. — At Mr. Chatterton's ; warm day. 

January 30. — Went to Salem ; rode home ; Joseph came home. 

January 31. — Studying; snow last night. 

February 1. — Rode to Dr. Cornelis's preached Ephesians vi. 16; 
staid all night. 

February 2. — Rode home ; clear and cold. 

February 3. — People getting wood for me. 

February 4. — Went to Walter Ward's. 

February 5. — Preached at Mr. Crosby's; administered the Sac- 
rament; 189 rode home. 

187 Job Austin, son of Jonathan Austin, of Philipstown, Dutchess County, by 
his wife Charity Odell, was born 31 March, 1759, and died 7 February, 1847. He 
married (1) Mary Nelson, born 21 April, 1758; died 18 September, 1793; (2) 
Hannah, the widow of Eleazer Hazen, born 1755 ; died 13 December, 1839. He 
served in the Revolution as sergeant in Captain John Crane's company, Colonel 
Henry Luddington's regiment of Dutchess County militia. He and his wives are 
buried in the graveyard near the Presbyterian Church at Carmel. His children were 
by the first wife, and were baptized by Mr. Constant: Silas Austin, born 5 May, 
1780 ; married, in 1805, Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Tompkins ; Sarah Austin, 
married Cornelius Tompkins, Jr. ; Mercy Austin, married Peter Crookston. 

188 Richard Hatfield, Esq., one of the sons of Captain Joshua Hatfield, of White 
Plains, who was chosen one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of that place, 
13 February, 1788. 

188 This was the first observance of the rite at Red Mills, and took place at the 
house of Mr. Thomas Crosby, who had come from Barnstable County, Massa- 

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February 6. — Rode to widow Conkling's ; Knap's ; Conkling's ; 
Purdy's and Shepherd's. 

February 7. — At home studying &c. 

February 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah iii. 10, 11; in the 
evening at Birdsall's, Hebrews xi. ; staid all night. 

February 9. — Rode home; thawing day. 

February 10. — Rode to Captain Reed's, preached Romans viii. 3; 
in evening at Walter [Ward's?], Luke xiii. last. 

February 11. — Rode to Capt. Carman's [and] Captain Hadden's; 
preached. 

February 12. — At widow Conkling's, preached Psalms ix. 10. 

February 13. — At Chatterton's ; trustees at my house; reckoned 
with them. 

February 14. — Studying; unwell &c. 

February 15. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], Romans xii. last; in 
the evening Psalms iv. 2. 

February 16. — Rode to William Lancaster's; preached Luke xv. 
last; in the evening at Silvanus Haight's, Revelations iii. 20. 

February 17. — Rode to Gilbert Budd's, preached Hebrews ix. 16; 
rode home ; cold weather. 

February 18. — Pleasant morning; rode to Joshua Haight's; 190 
bought his wench ; at Chatterton's. 

chusetts, and settled, before 1756, in the present town of Carmel, Putnam County, 
on land now occupied in part by the Drew Female Seminary, and the Old Gilead 
Burying-Ground. It was at his house that the Rev. Mr. Knibloe lived during his 
pastorate of the " Eastern and Western Societies in Philipse Precinct," — from 1756 
until 1759, — and he was one of the first deacons of the Gilead (Western Society) 
Presbyterian Church. He was buried 15 June, 1793, when Mr. Constant preached 
his funeral sermon from Matthew iii. 2. His widow, Elizabeth, died 6 August, 
1801, aged ninety-two years. Their children were: Benjamin Crosby; Thomas 
Crosby, who removed to Delaware County; Elizabeth Crosby, who married Captain 
Solomon Hopkins, and died 6 January, 1804, aged sixty-nine years ; Enoch Crosby ; 
and Phebe Crosby, who married, 20 January, 1757, Wheaton Robinson. 

190 Joshua Haight, of Charlotte Precinct, Dutchess County. He made his will 
4 January, 1786, proved 13 September, 1797, and named sons Joshua, John, William, 

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February 18. — At Sands's; preached in the evening John vi. 51; 
staid all night. 

February 19. — Rode home; paid Lewis 8 shillings for surveying 
for me ; snow storm. 

February 20. — Studying &c. 

February 22. — Preached [at] Yorktown, 1 Peter i. 4; Psalms 
xix. 13. 

February 23. — Getting wood ; at Chatterton's. 

February 24. — Cold weather; at Mrs. Delancy's. 

February 25. — Rode to Salem; cold day. 

February 26. — Rode home ; cold day. 

February 27. — Preached at Ruben Fowler's, Romans xiii. 1 1 ; 
funeral of his child; in [the] evening [at] Joseph Fowler's, Romans 
xii. 1, 2. 

February 28. — Cloudy day. 

March 1. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Romans i. — ; [in the] 
evening [at] Thomas Bashford's, 191 Luke xii. 32; staid at R. 
Curry's. 

March 2. — Preached [at] Israel Lockwood's, Luke i. 9; at Her- 
cules Lent's, Philippians i. 10; rode home warm day. 

March 3. — Cloudy misty day; election. 

March 4. — At Mrs. Brewer's etc. in the evening preached Romans 
i. 18, sleighing begins to fail ; Mr. True here. 

Gilbert, daughters Mary Mosher, Phebe Green, Deborah Valentine, Dorothy Hoeg, 
Charity Barton, and Sarah and Hannah Mosher. 

181 Byerly Bashford, father of Thomas Bashford, of the text, married Deborah 
Bloodgood, 7 May, 1735, and had baptized, at St. George's, Hempstead, John, Eliza- 
beth, Sarah, Mary, and Thomas, the latter on 8 September, 1745. Sometime about 
J 759 Byerly Bashford left Long Island and settled at Yorktown where his cattle- 
mark was recorded 17 November, 1760. Thomas Bashford, the son, was one of the 
members of Mr. Constant's church, and his children Samuel, Sarah, Solomon, 
Thomas, Mary, and James are all entered on the list of baptisms. He probably 
died in 1790. His daughter Sarah married Nehemiah Oakley, 21 May, 1795, and 
it was probably his daughter Abigail who was married by Mr. Constant to John 
Fish, 5 July, 1791. 

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March 5. — Cold weather; Mr. True preached in evening. 

March 6. — At Chatterton's. 

March 7. — Studying &c. 

March 8. — Preached [at] Yorktown; in the evening Isaiah 
xliii. 

March 9. — At home &c. 

March 10. — Drawing timbers &c; at John Lee's. 

March 11. — Married Cornelius Barreger 192 and Rebecca Chap- 
man ; preached in the evening at Gould Sellick's, Isaiah xliii. 

March 12. — Rode to Owen Carman's; preached at Reuben Fow- 
ler's, 193 Luke iv. 16; rode home, very muddy. 

March 13. — Warm day, snow most gone. 

March 14. — At home, studying. 

March 15. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Peter, last; fast day, two 
sermons. 

March 16. — Clearing meadow. 

March 17. — At Major Strang's. 

March 18. — At home. 

March 19. — At home; boys clearing meadow. 

March 20. — Boys clearing meadow. 

March 21. — Studying; at Captain Carman's, his wife sick. 

March 22. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Isaiah xxviii. 

March 23. — At Mr. Birdsall's; reckoned with him; preached 

102 This name is usually spelled Barger, though the progenitor of the family was 
Peter Baragar, who purchased some two hundred acres of land in Putnam Valley 
of the commissioners of forfeitures in 1780. Cornelius Barreger, of the text, was 
the son of John Barger, of Putnam Valley. He was born, according to his tomb- 
stone, in 1770, and died 27 February, 1847. His wife Rebecca, born 1772, died 
31 August, 1862. Their children were Stephen, Cornelius, Daniel, Sarah, Eliza, 
and Mary. 

m Reuben Fowler, of Peekskill, made his will 12 January, 1832, proved 11 
April following, and named therein wife Martha, daughters Martha and Phebe ; 
deceased son Jeremiah D., his children Theodore, Mary, and Charles, and his widow 
Eliza ; son John and his children ; son Peter D. ; daughter Nancy, wife of Joseph 
Morgan. 

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at John Lent's, 194 Matthew vii. 21; cool, dry weather, staid at 
home. 

March 24. — At Captain Carman's, church meeting. 

March 25. — Set off for Salem ; staid at Brookfield's. 

March 26. — Rode to New Milford; to Salem; staid at Capt. 
Lewis's. 

March 27. — At Eber Hoadly's; rode to Waterbury town; staid 
at Hoadly's. 

March 28. — At father Lewis's; rainy day. 

March 29. — Preached at Salem, 2 Peter, last; at father Lewis's, 
John i. 12. 

March 30. — At Mr. Tirril's. 

March 31. — At Osborne's &c. 

April 1. — Snowy day. 

April 2. — Attended lecture; church meeting. 

April 3. — Set off for home; at Mr. Lewis's all night. 

April 4. — Rode home. 

April 5. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Romans vii. 23 ; John xv. 5. 

April 6. — At Capt. Carman's ; rainy day ; Capt. Montross here. 

April 7. — At home. 

April 8. — At home. 

April 9. — Preached at widow Knap's, 1 Peter iv. 17-18. 

April 10. — At home; at Mr. Chatterton's. 

April 11. — Studying &c. ; Mr. Lewis came here. 

April 12. — Preached at Plumb Brook, Samuel ii. 8; Hebrews iv. 
16; rode home. 

April 13. — Set off for New York by Bedford; at Mr. Tompkins's. 

April 14. — Rode into New York. 

April 15. — At York; doing business; set off for home; at Day's. 

194 John Lent, son of William Lent, of the Manor of Cortlandt, by will of 14 
April, 1787, proved 4 February, 1788, gave one-half of his estate to wife Margaret 
Lent, formerly Margaret Waldron, and the other half to Abraham, son of Francis 
Lent. 

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April 1 6. — Rode by the Plains house. 

April 17. — At Travis's; Chatterton's. 

April 18. — Studying &c. 

April 19. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Acts x. 38; Genesis xxii. 12; 
pleasant day. 

April 20. — Preached [at] Gauter's, funeral sermon of Conrad Bur- 
doil's child ; rainy afternoon. 

April 21. — At home; Hoit here; snow storm. 

April 22. — At home ; church meeting. 

April 23-24-25. — Studying. 

April 26. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Job xi. 13, 15; Genesis iii. 
9 ; administered the sacrament. 

April 27. — Rode to Peekskill with Mrs. Constant. 

April 28. — At home. 

April 29. — At home ; Lane framing. 

April 30. — Cold, backward weather. 

May 1 . — Jack digging garden ; gardening. 

May 2. — Studying &c. 

May 3. — Preached at Peekskill, James ii. 14; Psalms xlii. 11. 

May 4. — Warmer than it has been. 

May 5. — At home; sore hand. 

May 6. — Rode to Smith Jones's; 195 preached Proverbs xxii. 19; 
death of his child ; at Duzenbury's ; at home. 

May 7. — Raising barn ; God be praised for his goodness ; oh how 
poorly do I live, how little good do I do, O forgive ! 

185 Smith William Jones, of Cortlandt, died 17 March, 1813, aged sixty-six years, 
and is buried in the Presbyterian church-yard of Peekskill. His will, dated 2 May, 
1812, proved 18 March, 1813, named sons Zopher, Isaac, Nathan, William, and 
Samuel; daughters Leah Brown, Rachel Nelson, and Margaret Southard; grand- 
sons Smith Nelson, Smith son of William, Smith son of Samuel, and Smith son 
of Cornelius Brown. The will of Jonathan Ferris (see Ferris note) mentions 
granddaughter Rachel Jones and daughter Susanna, wife of Smith Jones, and she 
is probably the first wife of the above. He had also a wife Christian, who died 27 
January, 1807, aged sixty-one years, and who is buried beside him. 

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May 8. — Rainy day ; studying &c. 

May 9. — Studying; preached funeral sermon [of] Mr. Chatterton. 

May 10. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Colossians ii. 18; Jeremiah 
xxiii. 24; rainy afternoon. 

May 11. — Cloudy morning; very cold backward season; may a 
kind heaven appear for us. 

May 12. — At home &c. 

May 13. — Fair weather, but cool. 

May 14. — At Red Mills; preached Isaiah xcviii. last; adminis- 
tered the sacrament. 

May 15. — At Captain Boyd's; preached Philippians i. 10, 11. 

May 16. — At home; studying &c. 

May 17. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Ephesians i. 12; Ecclesiastes 
xii. 1. 

May 18. — Lane here making staves; warm day; boys began to 
plant corn. 

May 19. — At home, worked with Lane. 

May 20.— At Felt's, Fox's, Paulding's; [at] Walter Ward's 196 
preached Proverbs xxii. 19. 

May 21. — At Benjamin Wright's; married Joel Frost 197 and 
Martha Wright ; took roof off the house. 

May 22. — At home; worked with Lane. 

May 23. — Studying some; but much interrupted by worldly busi- 
ness; rode to see Mr. Husze ( ?) ; to Richard Curry's; staid all night. 

May 24. — Preached [at] Peekskill; Ephesians iv. 18; Luke xiii. 
9-10; at H. Lent's, 198 John iv. 24; staid at Birdsall's. 

196 One of this name had cattle recorded in the Manor of Cortlandt, 27 January, 
1764. 

187 Hon. Joel Frost, son of John and Huldah (Munson) Frost, born 28 Septem- 
ber, 1765; died 11 September, 1827. He lived at Yorktown, Peekskill, and Croton 
Landing, and was buried in the Gilead Presbyterian church-yard at Carmel. He 
married, as above, Martha, daughter of Benjamin and Milicent (Purdy) Wright, 
born 22 July, 1771 ; died 21 October, i860. ((For children and descendants of, see 
Barlow Genealogy.) 

188 Probably Hercules Lent, of Cortlandt, whose will of 28 March, 1814, pro- 

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May 25. — Rode home; things very backward; apple trees in the 
blossom. 

May 26. — St. John set off for Salem ; Mr. Cortlandt here. 

May 27. — At home, making cheese-press. 

May 28. — At home &c. ; at Mr. Lee's. 

May 29. — Rode to William Duzenbury's; at Mr. Haws's; 
preached iv. 10. 

May 30. — Studying; Mr. Lane done working at the roof; owes 
toward his month three days and a half. 

May 31. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], Psalms xxxii. 5; John 
vi. 27. 

June 1. — Mr. Lewis here; set off for presbytery; staid at Harry 
Dyckeman's. 

June 2. — Rode to Kakaat ; attended presbytery. 

June 3. — Attended Presbytery ; preached 2 Timothy ii. 15. 

June 4. — Rode to Mr. Bradner's. 

June 5. — Rode to * *; at Robert Armstrong's; received of Robert 
Armstrong for Mr. Lewis £9-9-2. 

June 6. — Rode to Smith's Clove; [at] John Garner's. 

June 7. — Preached [at] S. M.'s, Philippians i. 10-11; staid [at] 
Brown's. 

June 8. — Rode home ; family well, through Divine goodness. 

June 9. — At home &c. 

June 10. — Rainy day; growing season. 

June 11. — At Esq 1 " Lane's; rainy forenoon; hot growing season. 

June 12. — At home; reading; studying &c. 

June 13. — Rode to Peekskill, staid at Birdsall's. 

bated 11 October, 1816, gives to son John the farm in Cortlandt adjoining that pos- 
sessed by Thomas Clark, and makes bequests to wife Winchy ; to daughters Esther, 
wife of Abraham Montross; Elizabeth, wife of Augustus C. Taylor; Catharine, 
wife of Richard Ferris; to son Henry; to son Richard and his children William, 
Udolphus, Samuel, Edward, and Uriah; and to grandson Abraham, son of Abra- 
ham, deceased. 

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June 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Colossians iii. 17; 1 John i. 

6,7- 

June 15. — Cloudy and windy; boys began to hoe. 

June 16. — Boys hoeing; at Esq r Lee's. 

June 17. — Finished hoeing; at Dr. White's and Mr. Delancy's. 

June 18. — At Gould Sellick's; catechising; staid at J. Owens's. 

June 19. — Preached at Jacob Reed's, 2 Peter, last. 

June 20. — At home, studying &c; very hot, growing season. 

June 21. — Preached at [Yorktown], 2 Timothy ii. n-13; Mat- 
thew xxii. 2-7. 

June 22. — Thunder storm in morning. 

June 23. — At widow Covert's; preached James iii. 17. 

June 24. — At home, society meeting. 

June 25. — At home. 

June 26. — Catechising at Joseph Haight's; preached at Mrs. 
Brewer's Philippians i. 10-11. 

June 2j. — At home ; Lane at the barn. 

June 28. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], 2 Timothy ii. 8; Matthew 
xi. 12; hot weather. 

June 29. — Work at barn. 

June 30. — Hot weather. 

July 1. — Hot day; people helping me thatch the barn; Elisha 
Lane 199 finished boarding; worked one day and half more than his 
month. 

July 2. — Rode to Red Mills; preached 2 Timothy ii. 15. 

July 3. — Showers in the morning; hot growing weather; oh the 
goodness of God to the children of men ! 

July 4. — Rode to Peekskill; preached Matthew xx. 28; church 
meeting. 

199 Elisha, son of Hyatt Lane, of Yorktown, born 17 June, 1763, died 31 January, 
1831. He was married by Mr. Constant to Nancy Dillingham, 6 February, 1788. 
She died 30 March, 1849. Both husband and wife are buried in the East Burying- 
Ground of the Presbyterian Church at Crompond. 

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July 5. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John xii. 27; Matthew iii. 8; 
administered the sacrament; rainy day. 

July 6. — At home ; growing time. 

July 7. — At Peekskill; married James Montross and Katy Lent; 
rode home. 

July 8. — Rode to Salem ; monthly meeting. 

July 9. — Rode to Deacon Travis's, preached Mark i. 15; rode 
home, very hot weather. 

July 10. — Steward bought cow for B[enjamin] Hait; price 

July 11. — At home, studying &c; sowed buckwheat. 

July 12. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Hebrews iv. 13; 1 Peter iii. 
10, 11, 12. 

July 13. — Showers in the morning. 

July 14. — At Peekskill; bargained for ? 

July 15. — At Dr. Cornelius's; married William Badeau and 
Mary Cornelius. 

July 16. — Lane harvesting rye; church meeting. 

July 17. — Studying; boys taking up rye. 

July 18. — Fast; preached Galatians vi. 15. 

July 19. — Sabbath; preached [at] Yorktown, Hebrews vii. 25; 
Psalms cxix. 139. 

July 20. — Hot morning ; boys began to hull corn. 

July 21. — Visiting, Stephen Horton Jun r ' s , Horton's, Briggs's, 
Clement's, Fleetenborough's and Huff's. 

July 22. — At home ; harvesting wheat. 

July 23. — Mr. Montague came here. 

July 24. — Harvesting finished. 

July 25. — Studying; rainy day. 

July 26. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Timothy i. 8; Psalms 
cvii. 8. 

July 27. — Preached at Isaac Woodhull's, 1 Peter ii. 1, 2; rode 
home. 

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July 28. — Rode to Collaberg 200 preached [at] John Barret's, 201 
Psalms cvii. last. 

200 Now Croton on Hudson. 

201 Samuel Barrett, the emigrant ancester of John Barrett of the text, was 
settled at Vredeland, afterwards Westchester, as early as 16 March, 1656, when 
he joined Thomas Wheeler and others in submitting to the government of New 
Netherland, and in asking for certain privileges, which were duly granted. He was 
living 29 October, 1685, when, with a second wife, Leah, he conveyed certain lands 
in Yonkers. His first wife was Hannah Betts. Her father, William Betts, came 
to America in the " Thomas and John," Richard Lombard, master, from Gravesend, 
6 January, 1635, aged twenty years. He joined the church at Scituate, Massa- 
chusetts, 25 October, 1635, and married there, 23 November, 1638, Alice, a " maiden 
of the Bay." In the following year he removed with Mr. Lothrop and the church 
to Barnstable, where he remained some years, and where three of his children 
were baptized. He later removed to Westchester County, New York, where he was 
one of the patentees of Westchester, and one of its magistrates as early as 13 Sep- 
tember, 1662, and where, on 6 July, 1668, in partnership with his son-in-law, George 
Tippetts, and Joseph Hadley, he purchased about two thousand acres of land 
extending across the country from the Hudson to the Bronx, and about five hun- 
dred feet from the present city of Yonkers. His will, dated 12 February, 1673, 
styled him of " Yonkers Plantation," and named wife Alice, sons Samuel, Hope- 
still, and John, daughter Mehitable Tippits, and John, son of Samuel Barrett. His 
children, baptized at Barnstable, were : Hannah, 26 January, 1639/40, who married 
Samuel Barrett; Samuel, 5 February, 1642/43; and Hopestill, 16 March, 1644/45. 
His daughter, Mehitable, married George Tippits. Under date of 23 November, 
1688, Samuel Betts and John Betts, " now of Yonkers," made a deed of gift to 
their " sister's son John Barrett," and by deed dated 28 December, 1691, Leah, 
widow of Samuel Barrett, conveyed to her " son-in-law, John Barrett," the real 
and personal estate of her deceased husband. This John 2 Barrett, called of Yonkers, 
recorded the mark of his cattle 8 March, 1685/86. In 1713 he was collector of 
Lower Yonkers, and in this year he deeded to Jacobus Van Cortlandt land which 
his father Samuel Barrett had purchased. He died before 23 October, 1722, on 
which date Samuel 8 Barrett conveyed to Abraham 3 Barrett " land of which their 
father John Barrett, deceased, was seized." The grantor, Samuel 3 Barrett, removed 
to Bedford, in Westchester County, and was the founder of the Barrett family in that 
place. Abraham 8 Barrett, the second son, " continued the cattle-mark of his father, 
John Barrett, late of Yonkers, deceased," 30 October, 1722. Under date of 5 January, 
1722/23, he and wife Martha conveyed some ten acres of land in Rye bounded 
westerly by the Kings Road," etc. He made his will, 26 February, 1732, proved 
10 September, 1733, and named therein wife Martha; eldest son John, not yet 
twenty-one years of age; son Abraham, and daughters Mary, Ann, and Martha. 

John 4 Barrett, above, born in 1720, removed to the Manor of Cortlandt, of 

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July 29. — At Mr. Whitney's. 

July 30. — At home, carting hay. 

July 3 1 . — At home ; rainy morning ; Joseph came home. 

August 1. — Studying etc. 

August 2. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Psalms cvii. 43; Luke 
xxiv. 25. 

August 3. — Wet weather. 

August 4. — Wetish weather; growing season. 

August 5. — Monthly meeting; heard Mr. Moss preach, hard rain. 

August 6. — Hot weather. 

August 7. — At home, reading and studying. 

August 8. — People mowing grass. 

August 9. — Preached at Y[orktown], Matthew vii. 14; Ezekiel 
xxxvii. 9 ; hot day. 

August 10. — Good hay weather; raking hay. 

August 1 1 . — Very hot ; haying. 

August 12. — Finished haying, hot. 

August 13. — Hot weather; preached [in] Methodist Meeting 
house, Galatians v. 6. 

August 14. — At Stephen Beadle's; baptized his children; very 
hard thunder storm in evening. 



which he was supervisor in 1760. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and lies buried 
in the old Van Cortlandt cemetery at Peekskill, where his gravestone reads: 
" In / memory of / John Barrett / who departed this life July / the 31st, 1802 / In 
the 82nd year of his age / An honest man's the noblest work of God." He married, 
about 1749, Elizabeth , who is buried beside her husband, and whose head- 
stone bears the following : " In memory / of Elizabeth Barrett wife / of John 
Barrett she was / born September the 15th, 1729 / and Departed this Life 15 / Day 
of June 1788." Their children were: 

1. Martha Barrett, born 1750, died 19 March, 1831 ; married, 15 April, 1770, 

John Lickley, born 1734; died 17 November, 1807. (See note 148.) 

2. Mary Barrett, married William Bailey. 

3. Phebe Barrett, married John Lent. 

'*• 4. Sarah Barrett, born 10 November, 1766; died 28 April, 1827; married, 
8 December, 1786, Daniel Haight. (See note 146.) 
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August 15. — Studying; rode to Peekskill; reckoned with trus- 
tees ; staid at R. Curry's. 

August 16. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Romans viii. 31. 

August 17. — Set off for Waterbury; preached at Danbury, Ephe- 
sians vi. 16. 

August 18. — Rode to Salem. 

August 19. — At Salem &c. 

August 20. — At Salem ; doing business &c. 

August 21. — Set off for home. 

August 22. — Rode home ; family well. 

August 23. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Matthew vii. 24-27. 

August 24. — At home. 

August 25. — Preached at Capt. Paulding's, Luke x. 52; rode to 
Peekskill; sent money by Conkling to Cortlandt, 28£-n-3. 

August 26. — At home; rode to John Sands's [and] Joseph Fow- 
ler Jun r 's. 

August 2y. — Rode to E. Mead's; 202 preached Psalms cvii. last; 
rode home; at William Beadle Jun r 's. 203 

August 28. — At home; making shed. 

August 29. — Rainy day ; studying &c. 

August 30. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], Romans viii. 9; Mat- 
thew viii. 2-3-5. 

August 31. — At home &c. 

September 1. — At home. 

September 2. — Rainy day ; rode to Red Mills ; monthly meeting ; 
administered the Sacrament. 

September 3. — Rode home; visited W. Horton's, Hedden's, Hart's 

202 Edward Mead, of Stephentown. His will, of 27 January, 1797, mentioned 
wife Mary, " children under age," brothers Ebenezer and Amaziah Mead, and uncle 
Nathan Rockwell. 

203 William, son of William Bedle, of Stephentown, who, with his brother 
Abraham and sister Mary, was remembered in his father's will of 13 Novem- 
ber, 1806. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Horton. (See notes, 179, 

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and Carman's ; conference at Mr. Wolsey's ; 204 sold oxen to B. 
Hait. 

September 4. — At home &c. 

September 5. — Studying; cold weather. 

September 6. — Preached at Peekskill, Proverbs iii. 18; Jeremiah 
viii. 20. 

September 7. — Draining; [at] Benjamin Hait's. 

September 8. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached [at] Mr. Vermilier's, 
1 Peter ii. 4 ; staid at Captain Hait's. 

September 9. — Rode home, after reckoning with Mr. Birdsall. 

September 10. — No conference as expected; oh how cold and 
stupid in religion; sowing; at Haight's, Lane's, Whitney's and Hat- 
field's. 

September n. — Montague set off for the Jerseys; preached [at] 
McFarden's, Revelation ii. 7. 

September 12. — Studying &c. 

September 13. — Preached at Yorktown, John viii. 29 and iii. 7. 

September 14. — St. John gone to Peekskill after planks. 

September 15. — Lane at work at barn floor; rode to Peekskill and 
Collaberg preached at Garret Dyckman's, 205 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

September 16. — Rode to Sing-Sing; preached Philippians i. x. 

September 1 7. — Rode home ; Lane finished floor. 

September 18. — Clear and pleasant; married Moses McDonald 
[and Mary Wisenfelts] ; and William Masters [and Sarah Lyon]. 

204 Joseph Woolsey, of Bedford, a descendant of George Woolsey, of Jamaica, 
Long Island, through his son Thomas, who, with wife Ruth, removed to Bedford 
about 1712. Mr. Woolsey executed his will 20 June, 1800, proved 6 October follow- 
ing. His legatees were: wife Mary, sons Jonathan, Joseph, Daniel, and Richard, 
daughters Martha, Mary, Sarah, and Phebe. His executors were Samuel Sands, 
of Bedford, and James Hall, of New Castle. 

205 Garret, son of Jacob Dyckman by his wife Catalina Benson, was born 16 
February, 1756, and died 7 May, 1816. His wife Hannah, daughter of Jonathan 
Odell, died 12 April, 1832, aged seventy-seven years, three months, and sixteen days. 
They are buried in the Dyckman graveyard with many of the descendants of the 
early settlers of Harlem, Yonkers, and Fordham Manor. 

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September 19. — Studying; Mr. Baldwin here. 

September 20. — Mr. Baldwin preached. 

September 21. — Rode to Esq r Duzenbury's, Sellick's, Owens's and 
Haight's. 

September 22. — Trustees met here, hot day. 

September 23. — Lane worked at chambers. 

September 24. — Rode to Walter Ward's; preached 2 Peter 
i. 6. 

September 25. — Hot weather; Lane worked at chambers. 

September 26. — Studying &c. 

September 2j. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 John ii. 28; Matthew 
vii. 17; conference at Depue's. 

September 28. — Rode to William Lancaster's; preached 1 Peter 
iii. 13; at J. Nelson's, Philippians i. 10. 

September 29. — At John Likely 's; [preached], Ephesians v. 8; 
rode home. 

September 30. — People drawing stones; married Jacob For- 
man 206 and S. Lent. 

October 1. — At home, Lane here; worked at chambers. 

October 2. — Joseph set off for Salem [and] Water [bury]. 

October 3. — Studying &c. 

October 4. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Romans viii. 6; 1 John v. 
5 ; rainy day. 

October 5. — St. John gathering apples; rode to Peekskill; married 
Stephen Weeks and Nancy Depue ; rode home ; at D. Horton's. 

208 Jacob, only son of William Forman, of Yorktown, who died in December, 
1799, leaving, besides Jacob above, daughters Phebe Belding and Elizabeth, wife of 
Isaiah Green. The first marriage of Jacob Forman was, as above, to Susanna Lent, 
the name of the bride being supplied by the duplicate list of marriages. He mar- 
ried, second, Jemima, daughter of Jacob Ryder, of Mt. Pleasant. His will, executed 
12 November, 1814, probated 26 March, 1833, named sons Samuel, Barney, and 
William, daughters Fanny, Eliza, and Phebe, not of age, daughters Sarah Garret- 
son and Mary Ann Wright, sons Walter G. and Jacob R., not of age, and brother- 
in-law Jesse Ryder. 

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October 6. — At home &c. 

October 7. — Rode to Salem, monthly meeting; preached Philip- 
pians i. 10. 

October 8. — Rode home; at Mr. D. Osborne's; Benjamin Hait 
paid me io£ 1-0. 

October 9. — Studying &c. 

October 10. — Fast day; preached 1 Corinthians i. 1-10; 1 Peter 
i. 13. 

October 11. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], John x. 10; Isaiah lvii. 
19; administered the sacrament &c. 

October 12. — At home &c. 

October 13. — Rode to South East town, presbytery. 

October 14. — Attended presbytery; preached in evening; Philip- 
pians i. 10. 

October 15. — Rode home; rainy day; married Daniel Beadle and 
Nancy Powel. 

October 16. — Unwell; at the School-house &c. 

October 17. — Studying &c. 

October 18. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms xciv. 8; Haggai ii. 
8; hard cold. 

October 19. — At home; boys carting stalk and pumpkins. 

October 20. — Pleasant morning ; making cider ; married William 
Lent and Annie Dyckman. 

October 21. — Rainy day; hard cold. 

October 22. — Sick. 

October 23. — Rode to Capt. Paulding's ; preached Psalms xxxvii. 

34- 

October 24. — Studying &c ; boys digging potatoes. 

October 25. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Isaiah i. 18-19-20; [in 
the] afternoon, preached funeral sermon at Capt. Paulding's ; his wife 
dead. 

October 26. — Rainy day ; Mr. Montague went to Esq 1 " Lee's. 

October 27. — Rode to John Likely's; married William Bell and 

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Elizabeth Likely ; 207 Daniel Strang 208 and Caziah Chapman ; 
preached in the evening at J. Hiat's; at home; worked at chambers. 

October 28. — At home; worked at chambers. 

October 29. — At home; laying hearth; pointing jambs. 

October 30. — Cold raw air ; studying. 

November 1. — Preached [at] Y[orktown], John xiv. 16-17; 
Proverbs iii. 1 5 ; rode to D. Horton's to see sick. 

November 2. — At home ; pleasant day. 

November 3. — Rainy day; snow 1 inch; St. John set out for New 
York. 

November 4. — Very cold ; mason left work at school-house chim- 
ney; rode to Hilliker's; married Peter Baker and Elizabeth Dilling- 
ham. 

November 5. — At Daniel Horton's; 209 and Deacon Knap's; con- 
ference. 

November 6. — At home ; studying &c. 

November 7. — Warm cloudy morning; rode to Peekskill; 
preached Psalms cxxxix. 17-18; church meeting. 

November 8. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians ii. 12; admin- 
istered the sacrament; preached in the evening at Mr. Vermiller's, 
Psalms xix. 13; at Birdsall's. 

November 9. — Rode home; warm, pleasant; rode to Captain 
Montross's &c. 

November 10. — At home; pleasant day. 

November 11. — Rode to Daniel Knap's; married Gilbert Secord 
and Phebe Knap. 

207 See note 148. 

208 Daniel Strang was the son of Francis Strang, of Yorktown, by his wife 
Elizabeth Hyatt. (See Strang Family in New York Genealogical and Biographical 
Record, xxi. 130-139.) 

200 Daniel Horton, by will of 6 March, 1812, which was probated on the 25th 
of the same month, gave his estate to wife Abigail and five children, not all of 
age, — Betsey Ann, John Wesley, Ruth Abiah, James Wright, and Rachel. The 
testator described himself as of Yorktown. (Westchester Wills, E, 181-182.) 

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November 12. — Pleasant day; at Mrs. Delancy's. 210 

November 13. — At home; Mr. Hazard here. 

November 14. — Studying; Mr. Lewis here. 

November 15. — Preached at Salem, Hosea x. 12; Judges xii. 6. 

November 16. — Rode home. 

November 1 7. — Killed black steer ; St. John carried him to Peek- 
skill; north wind. 

November 18. — At home, etc. 

November 19. — At Frost's; Woolsey's. 

November 20. — Preached at John Lee Jun r 's. 

November 21. — Studying &c. 

November 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation iv. last; John 
xi. 43. 

November 27,. — Cold day; at home; Elizabeth Purdy making 
Joseph's jacket. 

November 24. — Rode to widow Conkling's, John Barrager's; 
married John Connely and Jerusha Barrager. 

November 25. — At home; worked at hovel in forenoon; study- 
ing &c. 

November 26. — At home; thanksgiving day; but no meeting; 
very rainy. 

November 27. — At home, &c. 

November 28. — Studying, &c. 

November 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Philippians iii. 14; [in 
the] afternoon, 12; in the evening at John Carman's, Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

210 Susanna, daughter of the Hon. James De Lancey, chief justice and lieutenant- 
governor of New York, by his wife Ann Heathcote, and granddaughter of Stephen 
De Lancey by his wife Ann Van Cortlandt. Her will, executed 4 December, 1802, 
proved 30 August, 1815, made her brother John Peter De Lancey and Samuel Burrett 
the executors of her estate, which was mainly given to Susanna Burrett. In the 
event of her dying without issue the estate was to go to the brother of the testator, 
John Peter De Lancey. The instrument was witnessed by Silas Constant, Ebenezer 
White, and Elijah Lee. One of John Peter De Lancey's sons, William Heathcote 
De Lancey, became bishop of Western New York, and the latter's son, Edward 
■Floyd De Lancey, Esq., is the well-known historian. 

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November 30. — Rode to John Horton's ; preached Matthew xi. 5 ; 
baptized his children. 

December 1. — Rode home; at Mr. Beadle's. 

December 2. — Monthly meeting here. 

December 3. — Monthly meeting; adjourned to Red Mills last 
Wednesday in December; married Joseph Ketcham and Rachel Mat- 
thews ; John Deveaux and Sarah Turner, singing meeting here. 

December 4. — Cold and pleasant. 

December 5. — Studying. 

December 6. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians vi. last; in 
the evening at Deacon Knap's. 

December 7. — Set off for Waterbury ; staid at Mr. Lewis's. 

December 8. — Rode to Waterbury ; at John Lewis's. 

December 9. — At Hoadly's ; etc. 

December 10. — At Mr. Fowler's, etc. 

December 11. — Set off for home; Smith paid me i6£ lawful 
[money] ; staid at V. Town; rainy night. 

December 12. — Rode home; windy day. 

December 13. — Preached [at] Yorktown, John iii. 18; [in the] 
evening at Ingersoll's, John vii. 32 ; Mrs. Betts here ; broke glass. 

December 14. — At D. Knap's [and] S. Smith's; reckoned with the 
latter; due to him £1-18-10. 

December 15. — Getting wood. 

December 16. — Rode to P. Carman's; E. Haight's and Mrs. 
Brewer's ; preached Psalms lxxiii. last ; rainy day and evening. 

December 17. — Rode to Wakeman's ; committee met there to settle 
matters between Doolittle and Chase. 

December 18. — At John Lee's &c. 

December 19. — Studying &c. 

December 20. — Preached at Peekskill, Acts iii. 21 ; in the evening 
at Stephen Curry's, Psalms lxxiii. last. 

December 21. — Rode to Peekskill &c, home. 

December 22. — At Montross's and Ward's &c. 

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December 23. — At Mrs. Covert's, and Delancy's. 

December 24. — Rode to John Armstrong's ; married Ira Gale and 
Elizabeth Armstrong; preached in the evening at B Duzenbury's, 
Philippians i. 10-11 ; snow one inch, warmer weather. 

December 25. — Preached at Stephen Beadle's in the evening, Luke 
ii. 9-10; pleasant weather. 

December 26. — Studying; pleasant day. 

December 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxxiii. 25; in the 
evening Matthew xi. 19; Mrs. Spock 211 staid here; rainy day. 

December 28. — Warm rain; very muddy; church committee met 
here to talk with Mrs. Brewer on Society trustees &c. 

December 29. — Snow storm; killed hog. 

December 30. — Rode to Red Mills; monthly meeting; preached 
Ephesians ii. ; staid at Dr. Cornelius's. 

December 31. — Rainy day; rode home. So ended another year. 
May a gracious Saviour, pardon all that is amiss. 

1790 

January 1 . — Preached funeral sermon, John Lee Jun r 's child dead ; 
[preached] in the evening at meeting house, Matthew vii. 13 ; pleasant 
day. 

January 2. — Studying ; pleasant day ; dry and warm. 

January 3. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Thessalonians ii. 13; in the 
evening at David Beadle's, Psalms xc. 1. 

January 4. — Warm, pleasant weather; very muddy; rode to Gil- 
bert Haight's, his wife sick ; rode to Walter Ward's ; preached Psalms 
lxxiii. 28. 

January 5. — Rode to Richard Smith's; Joseph Smith's; Joseph 
Smith Jun r 's [and] Sands's; preached in the evening, Romans v. 12. 

211 Mary Spock, who was on Mr. Constant's membership roll, dated 15 Novem- 
ber, 1786. Mrs. Mary, wife of John Spock, died 14 October, 1854, aged eighty-one 
years, eight months, and twenty days. John Spock died 2 November, 1849, aged 
eighty-one years, one month, and seven days. Both she and her husband were 
buried in the Van Cortlandt graveyard at Peekskill. 

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January 6. — Rode home ; church and Society meeting ; etc. 

January 7. — At John Lee's, Mrs. Constant with me. 

January 8. — At home; at Deacon Knap's. 

January 9. — Studying; warm, pleasant weather. 

January 10. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John v. 44; in the evening 
at Mr. Vermillier's, Psalms xc. 1 ; staid at Birdsall's. 

January 11. — Preached at Major Joshua Drake's, Romans viii. 
32 ; some snow ; rode home. 

January 12. — Rode to Deacon Travis's; preached Philippians 
iii. — . 

January 13. — Rode to Obed. Purdy's, 212 preached Galatians v. 6; 
some snow ; rode home. 

January 14. — Warm, thawing day. 

January 15-16. — Studying &c. 

January 17. — Preached at Yorktown. 

January 18. — At home &c. 

January 19. — Studying &c. 
. January 20. — At Hilliker's; married Caleb Lane and Susanna 
Hilliker; got hat at Pane's. 

January 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms c. 5; church meet- 
ing. 

January 22. — Studying &c. 

January 23. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Peter i. 3-4. 

January 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans iv. last; in the 
evening 2 Corinthians iv. 3-4 ; administered the Sacrament. 

January 25. — Cold morning; set off for Fishkill; preached in the 
evening at Moses Duzenbury's, Philippians i. 10-11. 

January 26. — Preached at [the] Meeting House, John iv. 24; at 
Mr. Blavels &c; preached in the evening at Hill's, Job xxiii. 3, 4. 

212 Obadiah Purdy died 20 March, 1835, aged eighty-seven years and ten months; 
Hannah, his wife, died 16 January, 1835, aged eighty-seven years and five months. 
He was commissioned 25 June, 1778, second lieutenant in Captain John Drake's 
Company of Westchester militia, and later became captain. He is the Captain 
Purdy frequently referred to in the Journal. 

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January 27. — Snowy day; at Major Hill's; preached in the even- 
ing at Uriah Hill's, Ezekiel lxiii. 1. 

January 28. — Pleasant day; rode home; Deacon Knap with me; 
at W. Duzenbury's. 

January 29. — At Esq r Lane's, preached, 1 Peter ii. 7-8 ; warm day, 
Mrs. Constant with me. 

January 30. — Studying &c; John Lee brought a hog here 
yesterday. 

January 31. — Preached at Peekskill, Acts xii. 5; in the evening 
at J. Drake's, Micah vii. 9 ; staid at R. Curry's. 

February 1. — Rode to Joseph Travis's, Birdsall's ; home; rain and 
warm. 

February 2. — Cold wind; Ingersoll 213 making coat. 

February 3. — Rode to Salem, monthly meeting. 

February 4. — Rode home; rainy day; married Samuel Beadle 
and Mary Whitney. 

February 5. — Cold, icy, at home. 

February 6. — Rode to Sing-Sing; at Colonel Drake's. 

February 7. — Preached at Sing-Sing, Acts xii. 5 ; in the evening, 
John i. 12. 

February 8. — Rode home, Mr. Marsh here. 

February 9. — Rode to Peekskill; Mr. Marsh with me; cold dry 
weather, very icy. 

February 10. — Cold weather; at Mr. Delancy's; in the evening at 
Ingersoll's. 

February 11. — Cold and clear; at home; reading Mr. Strong on 
Baptism. 

213 Josiah and Eleanor Ingersoll were entered on Mr. Constant's membership 
roll, the former after 1786; and Elizabeth, Sarah, and Cornelius Ingersoll were the 
first three named in the list cf baptisms. At the time of their baptism, 21 Septem- 
ber, 1786, they are called the children of Mrs. Ingersoll, showing that their father 
was at least not in full membership. Josiah Ingersoll recorded his cattle-mark at 
Yorktown 26 May, 1792. Elizabeth Ingersoll, above, married Monmouth Hart, 
11 May, 1794, and Cornelius married Hannah Roke, 8 November, 1806. 

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February 12. — Remaining cold. 

February 13. — Studying, Mr. J. Lee here. 

February 14. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Corinthians xii., " my 
grace is" &c. 

February 15. — At home; Mr. Golden 214 came here to make 
shoes ; Mr. Delancy &c. 

February 16. — Set off for Salem to attend council. 

February 17. — Attended council. 

February 18. — Rode home, muddy weather. 

February 19. — Church meeting at my house; in the evening lec- 
ture at J. Haight's; preached John xii. 36. 

February 20. — Studying, &c. 

February 21. — Preached at Peekskill, 2 Corinthians iv. 17; in 
the evening at Mr. Vermillier's, Job xxviii. 28 ; staid at Esq r Garri- 
son's. 215 

February 22. — Visiting sick people &c. 

February 23. — Soft, muddy weather. 

February 24. — At home, reading and studying. 

February 25. — At home, reading etc. ; at Capt. Purdy's in the 
evening. 

February 26. — Rode to Morgan's after flax; [to] Oakley's, etc. 

February 27. — Studying &c ; pleasant weather, but very muddy. 

February 28. — Preached at Yorktown, John xv. 24; in the even- 
ing at Mrs. Delancy 's, Colossians ii. 13. 

March 1. — Warm, pleasant day, blue birds sing; at Whitney's, 

214 Coles Golden, or Golding, who married Eunice Barrett. She was on Mr. 
Constant's list of members after 1786. She married (2), 22 September, 1790, Lemuel 
Hopkins. 

215 Harry Garrison, who lived at what originally was known as Nelson's Land- 
ing, now Garrison's-on-Hudson. He was born in 1760, and died 6 August, 1840. 
He married, 9 June, 1785, Jane, daughter of Joshua Nelson by his wife Sarah 
Mandeville, born 23 June, 1769; died 12 February, 1828. Their only son, the Hon. 
John Garrison, born 1795, died 3 November, 1867, was surrogate, high-sheriff, and 
judge of Putnam County. 

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Beadle's, Stephen Beadle's, [and] demon's; bought flax at D. Hor- 
ton's. 

March 2. — At home; getting wood; married Caleb Mertial [and 
Mary Kelsey]. 216 

March 3. — Monthly meeting; Miss L. M. M. here; [Mr.] Marsh 
preached. 

March 4. — Cold day; minister returned. 

March 5. — Warm day; St. John set off for Waterbury; at 
Beesher's. 

March 6. — Rainy foggy morning; studying, very warm. 

March 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Genesis xl. 7 ; muddy weather ; 
[in the] evening at J. Hatfield's, Acts ii. 37. 

March 8. — Dry, cold weather. 

March 9. — Walked to Mr. Covert's ; preached Luke xii. 32. 

March 10. — Went to J. Strang's and W. Haight's, [to] Gene 
Conkling's, preached in the evening Luke xii. 32 ; snow six or seven 
inches last night. 

March 11. — Rode to Red Mills ; church meeting ; singing meeting 
at my house. 

March 12. — Warm day; good sleighing. 

March 13. — People getting wood ; warm day ; studying some part 
of the day. 

March 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Zachariah i. 8; 2 Peter, last; 
conference at Curry's. 

March 15. — Rode to Mr. McCoy's; preached John i. 12; rode 
home; very muddy. 

March 16. — At Henry Lane's; snow in the afternoon; married 
John Warfield and Margaret Waldron. 

216 According to the Church Records of Hanover, kept by Mr. Constant, Caleb 
Mertial married Mary Kelsey, 2 March, 1790, but in his list in the back of the 
Journal, Caleb Mershel married Alche Pinkney. No date is given in the latter 
place, but the marriages are chronologically arranged. In the fees account the name 
is Caleb Mershal. 

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March 17. — Preached at Abraham Cronk's, John i. 12; staid all 
night ; married Gideon Stitson and Mary Little. 

March 18. — Rode to demon's [and] Horton's; muddy; Golden 
making shoes. 

March 19. — Rode to Eben Mead's, preached Psalms xviii. 30; mar- 
ried Selah Mead and Griffin. 

March 20. — Studying etc. 

March 21. — Muddy but pleasant weather ; preached at Yorktown, 
Song of Solomon i. 7-8 ; 1 Peter i. 22. 

March 22. — Drawing stone &c. 

March 23. — Cloudy morning; ground not settled but very muddy ; 
trustees met here to reckon. 

March 24. — At home. 

March 25. — Pleasant day; drawing stone; singing meeting here. 

March 26. — Rainy weather. 

March 27. — Studying; cleared off pleasant. 

March 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke viii. 18; Colossians i. 

I3-J4- 

March 29. — Pleasant weather, ground partly settled; Lane after 

hay. 

March 30. — Preached [at] widow Forman's, Romans v. 8. 

March 31. — At home, vendue of the corner house. 

April 1. — Preached at Jesse Owens's, Psalms xviii. 30; singing 
meeting here. 

April 2. — Preached at Gabriel McFarden's, Psalms xviii. 30; St. 
John set out for Salem and Waterbury. 

April 3. — Studying &c. &c. 

April 4. — Preached [at] Peekskill; Luke xvi. 22; John ix. 41. 

April 5. — Rode to Dr. Cornelius's 217 &c. 

217 Dr. Elias Cornelius was the eldest son of Jonathan Cornelius, of Hempstead, 
Long Island, by his wife Mary Baldwin, and was born there in 1757/58. He 
studied medicine in New York, and at the age of twenty entered as surgeon's mate 
the Second Regiment of Rhode Island troops, commanded by Colonel Israel Angell. 

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April 6. — At home. 

April 7. — Rode to Red Mills ; monthly meeting. 

April 8. — Attended church meeting at W. Webb's. 

April 9. — Rode to Jerry Conkling's, pleasant weather; St. John 
came home with oxen. 

April 10. — Studying; hard thunder; warm. 

April 11. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Colossians iii. 12, 13; 
1 Corinthians i. 9. 

He was captured and confined in the prison-ship " Jersey," but escaped in March, 
1778, and became surgeon in the Third Regiment of Westchester County militia, 
under Colonel Samuel Drake. He quitted the army in 1781 and settled in that part 
of Hanover, or Yorktown, which on 7 March, 1788, became Stephentown, and in 
1808 Somers. He is said to have attained to great respectability in his profession, 
and to have been distinguished for his energy and benevolence. He was chosen 
deacon of the Yorktown church 2 October, 1787, and one of the trustees of the 
first Presbyterian Church of Carmel [Red Mills] at its incorporation, 7 April, 
1806. He died 13 June, 1823, and is buried in the old graveyard in Carmel, near 
what was the Red Mills church. By his will of 3 December, 1821, he left bequests 
to brothers John and Daniel B. ; sister Sarah ; daughters Sally, Betsy, Polly, and 
Nancy ; son Elias ; grandsons Elias and Eli C. Tompkins, and to wife Rachel. 
(Westchester Wills, K, 128-133.) He married (1) Sarah, eldest daughter of Dr. 
James and Hannah Brewer, of Yorktown. According to -her tombstone in the 
church-yard at Crompond, she died 5 February, 1784, aged nineteen years, six 
months, and six days. He was married (2) by Mr. Constant, 12 July, 1791, to 
Rachel Stocker, who survived him. He had by his first marriage one son, James, 
born 1 April, 1782, died 3 April, 1789. His only son Elias Cornelius, born at 
Somers, 31 July, 1794; died at Hartford, Connecticut, 12 February, 1832; was 
graduated at Yale in 1813 and sent to the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians as a 
missionary. He was ordained as an evangelist 9 April, 181 7, and travelled through 
the South raising funds to found Indian missions. In 1819 he was installed as 
colleague-pastor of the Tabernacle Church in Salem, Massachusetts, where he 
remained until 1826, when he resigned to take the office of secretary to the Ameri- 
can Education Society, and in 1831 he accepted the secretaryship of the American 
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In 1829 the degree of Doctor of 
Divinity was conferred by Dartmouth College upon Mr. Cornelius, and the pro- 
fessorship of Divinity in that institution was also offered him, which latter was 
declined. A Memoir of Dr. Cornelius was published by Bela B. Edwards (New 
York, 1833). (For further details, see Bunker's Long Island Genealogies and 
Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit.) 

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April 12. — Preached at William Beadle Jun r 's, Isaiah xlv. 25. 

April 13. — At Joseph Lee's writing will &c; Ingersoll went to 
Esq r Crane's 218 &c. 

April 14. — At home, at Mr. Lee's, P. Carman's; St. John plough- 
ing. 

April 15. — Cloudy weather; church meeting. 

April 16. — Studying; married Peter Kirkham [and Tamer 
Highat]. 

April 17. — Saturday; fast day; Mr. Marsh here, I preached, 
Psalms lx. last. 

April 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxvii. 50-1 ; adminis- 
tered the Sacrament; Mr. Marsh preached; very rainy. 

April 19. — Set off for New York; at White Plains. 

April 20. — Rode to York. 

April 21. — Set off for home; at Elijah Dean's. 219 

April 22. — Preached [at] William Dean's Ephesians vi. 16; staid 
at Olman's. 

April 23. — Rode home. 

April 24. — Studying, etc. 

April 25. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Proverbs iii. 17; staid at 
Richard Curry's. 

April 26. — At J. Travis's; conference at Jesse Owens's. 

April 27. — Snow; election. 

218 Captain John Crane, born 24 November, 1742 ; died 7 June, 1827 ; married, 
I March, 1764, Tamar, daughter of John and Hannah Carpenter. He was 
appointed captain in Colonel Henry Luddington's regiment of Dutchess County- 
militia, 28 May, 1778. He lived in what is now the town of Carmel, and he was 
judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Dutchess, and later of Putnam County. 
(For further details and descendants of, see Pelletreau's History of Putnam 
County.) 

218 Elijah Dean, died 18 August, 1808, aged forty-nine years; Sarah, wife of, 
died 18 December, 1835, aged seventy-two years, and both are buried in the Pres- 
byterian Cemetery, near the old Red Mills church at Carmel. His will of 12 May, 
1808, named wife Sarah, daughter Hannah and her heirs, son-in-law John Tomp- 
kins. 

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April 28. — Snow all day; married Benjamin Wright 220 and 
Elizabeth Beadle and George Ferris 221 and Jemima Travis. 

April 29. — At home ; set out locust and cherry trees. 

April 30. — Clear and pleasant ; mending garden fences. 

May 1. — Studying &c. 

May 2. — Preached [at] Yorktown, 2 Peter i. 8; Job xxxiv. 11. 

May 3. — At home; at widow Conkling's, Knap's &c, bought 
boards. 

May 4. — Warm weather. 

May 5. — Rode to presbytery at Bedford; rainy morning. 

May 6. — Attended presbytery ; rainy day. 

May 7. — Presbytery adjourned to Yorktown, 2 Wednesday in 
October ; rode home ; Cortlandt here, gave deed of farm. 

May 8. — Studying &c. 

May 9. — Mr. Hazard preached at Yorktown, Ephesians ii. 8. 

May 10. — At home; at Mr. Lee's. 

May 11. — At Peekskill, at Joshua Haight's, Doolittle's, Drake's, 
Curry's, Jones's, Duzenbury's, Wattle's, Travis's, Garrison's and 
Adams's; home. 

May 12. — Preached funeral sermon of Elder Lee, 222 2 Kings ii. 12. 

May 13. — At Red Mills; sacramental lecture by Mr. Morse. 

May 14. — At Jesse Owens's, preached Romans vii. 9. 

May 15. — At home; studying; dry weather. 

May 16. — Preached at Red Mills, Isaiah xlii. 21 ; administered the 
sacrament; preached Isaiah i. 18. 

220 See note 296. 

221 George Ferris, of Yorktown, who died 29 April, 1839, aged seventy-two 
years and two months. His first wife, Jemima, was a daughter of Joshua 
Travis. His will, dated 25 May, 1833, proved 13 May, 1839, gave legacies to sons 
Nathaniel, Lansing, and Ebenezer G., daughter Jemima Bedle, granddaughters 
Adelina Ferris and Euphemia Oakley, and to wife Sarah. The latter died 30 
November, 1852, aged seventy-eight years and three months, and is buried near her 
husband in the Van Cortlandt Cemetery at Peekskill. 

222 See note 137. 

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May 17. — At home; began to plant corn. 

May 18. — St. John planting. 

May 19. — Cellaring the house; boys finished planting corn. 

May 20. — Rainy day ; preached at Yorktown to the young people, 
1 Samuel iii. 10. 

May 21. — Cleared off pleasant ; very growing time, praise to God ; 
orchard in the blooms. 

May 22. — Studying; St. John shearing sheep; Betsy Curry went 
home. 

May 23. — Preached at Yorktown, John xviii. 3-8; 2 Thessa- 
lonians iii. 5. 

May 24. — Warm day ; at Mr. Curry's ; took money of him. 

May 25. — At Daniel Horton's. 

May 26. — At home worked at yard. 

May 27. — Lane worked at yard. 

May 28. — Preached at Thomas Thome's, 223 1 Philippians i. 10. 

May 29. — Studying &c ; Lane making cupboard in chambers. 

May 30. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Hebrews ii. 3 ; Ephesians 
iii. 21 ; contributions for making gallery stairs. 

May 31. — Rainy day in morning. 

June 1 . — Set off for presbytery ; to Salem ; presbytery opened &c. 

June 2. — Presbytery adjourned till last Tuesday in October; staid 
at Mr. Wood's. 

June 3. — Rode home; Mr. Bradner here. 

June 4. — Set off for Poughkeepsie ; staid at Dr. Piatt's. 

June 5. — Rode to Mr. Livingston's. 

June 6. — At Hyde Park, preached 2 Peter, last ; Isaiah lxiii. 1 ; 
rode to J. Forman's. 

June 7. — Preached at school-house, Philippians iii. 3. 

223 Thomas Thorne, of New Castle, who, in will of 11 May, 1821, proved 17 
August following, named wife Hannah, sons James and John, daughters Sarah 
Weeks, Jerusha Griffin, Hannah Hunter, and Amy Thorne, grandson Thomas 
Griffin, and son-in-law Benjamin Weeks. 

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June 8. — Horse lost; rode to Hyde Park in wagon, to attend 
church meeting, preached I Corinthians i. 10; church embodied; rode 
to Poughkeepsie. 

June 9. — At Livingston's ; set off for home ; at Piatt's ; horse not 
found. 

June 10. — Rode home, Mrs. Constant sick. 

June 11. — At home planting potatoes. 

June 12. — Studying; boys hoeing corn. 

June 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans iii. 12 ; Acts xxi. . 

June 14. — Set off for Waterbury; staid at Mr. Rogers's at New 
Fairfield. 

June 15. — Rode to New Milford, to Waterbury; staid at E. Hoad- 
ley's. 

June 16. — At Mr. Fowler's, &c. 

June 17. — At John Lewis's; staid at E. Hoadley's. 

June 18. — Set off for home; staid at Benjamin Hoit's [Haight]. 

June 19. — Rode home; family well; God's name be praised; 
studying &c. 

June 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs iii. 17; full meeting. 

June 21. — At home; Betsy Curry came here; Mr. Marsh here. 

June 22. — Strawberrying ; rode to Peekskill; staid at Capt 
Haight's. 

June 23. — Preached [at] Esq r Garrison's, Romans iv. 12. 
> June 24. — Married Jonathan Hoit and Sarah Sutton ; rode to Mr. 
Mead's ; 224 presbytery &c. 

June 25. — Rode home; very rainy day; David Lewis here. 

June 26. — In study. 



224 The Rev. Solomon Mead, fifth son of Ebenezer Mead by his wife Mary 
Mead, born at Greenwich, Connecticut, 1726, and died at South Salem, New York, 
in September, 1812, where a ledger-stone in the graveyard of the First Presbyterian 
Church is thus inscribed : " In Memory of the / Rev. Solomon Mead, / First Pastor 
of the Presbyterian / Church in this place, JE. 86. / He had the charge of this 
people, / 48 years. / Ob. September, 1812." 

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June 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians v. 16; Isaiah 
xliv. 23. 

June 28. — Set off for Poughkeepsie ; staid at Mr. Sweet's. 

June 29. — Rode to Mr. Livingston's ; attended council. 

June 30. — Attended the ordination of Mr. Marsh; staid at Mr. 
Conkling's. 

July 1. — Set off for home; preached at Mr. Sweet's, Revelation 
ii. 7 ; rode to Capt. Boyd's. 

July 2. — Rode home, unwell. 

July 3. — Studying. 

July 4. — Preached at Yorktown, John iii. 36 ; Psalms lxix. 6, 7 

July 5. — At Daniel Horton's [and] Deacon Knap's. 

July 6. — At J. Montross's, preached Romans i. 16. 

July 7. — At home; hot weather; very growing weather. 

July 8. — Married Elijah Morgan and Nancy Lee. 

July 9. — At home; conference at meeting house. 

July 10. — Studying &c &c. Betsey Curry went home. 

July 11. — Preached [at] Yorktown, 1 Corinthians ii. 11; The 
Song of Solomon iv. 16. 

July 12. — At home; at Capt. Strang's; showers in the afternoon. 

July 13. — At Captain Hedden's preached Psalms lxv. last. 

July 14. — Sowing buckwheat; boys hoeing corn at Capt. Car- 
man's. 

July 15. — Harrowing buckwheat ; making rake etc. 

July 16. — At conference in the meeting-house. 

July 17. — Studying &c &c, finished hoeing corn. 

July 18. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians v. 27; John iv. 35; 
at Mr. Vermilier's, Ephesians ii. 13. 

July 19. — At Esq r Haws 225 [and] Cortlandt's; church meeting 
&c ; at Peekskill ; rode home ; came here. 

225 Pelatiah Haws, Esq., born 1713, died 22 September, 1806, and is buried 
in graveyard of St. Peter's, Peekskill, with his wife Judith, who died 22 September, 
1806, aged eighty-seven years. He had been settled in the vicinity of Peekskill 

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July 20. — Began to mow ; Peter Lane mowing here. 

July 21. — Pleasant day ; worked at hay, barn &c. 

July 22. — Church meeting at Yorktown. 

July 23. — Studying &c. 

July 24. — Fast day; preached 1 Corinthians iii. 16. 

July 25. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Peter i. 10, administered the 
Sacrament, full meeting. 

July 26. — Raking rye ; clear and cool. 

July 27. — At Fowler's; D. Horton's; baptized Nancy Horton; 
rainy evening. 

July 28. — Lane mowing east meadow. 

July 29. — Worked at hay in the forenoon ; at Red Mills ; church 
meeting. 

July 30. — Married James Heroy and Magdalene Badeau and 
Lemuel Hopkins and Unice Golden. 

July 31. — Hot day; studying &c. 

August 1 . — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Corinthians iv. 5 ; Matthew 
xvi. 3. 

August 2. — At home; reading etc; at Mrs. Budd's. 

August 3. — Some rain; sowed turnips; at school house; quarter 
day. 

August 4. — St. John and others mowing west meadow; Joseph 
[went] to mill. 

August 5. — Raking and carting hay. 

August 6. — Carting hay; very hot; showers in the afternoon; 
at Woolsey's. 

August 7. — Studying &c ; Betsy Curry went home. 

August 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews xii. 25; John xv. — ; 
hot day ; full meeting ; oh may God open the heart and give his word 
power to enter and abide. 

from before 8 August, 1745, at which time he purchased, with Caleb Hall, a tract 
of land containing three hundred and fifty-one acres. His son, Solomon Haws, 
married Lovina, daughter of Colonel James Hammond by his wife Ann Wildey. 

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August 9. — Cloudy and misty; preached [at] John Carman's, 
Philippians i. 9, 10; baptized his children; very rainy night. 

August 10. — Rode home; visited John Highat's &c. 

August 11. — Preached Nancy Horton's funeral sermon, Proverbs 
xiv. 26. 

August 12.— Frost brought his red cow to pasture; got cart to 
draw hay. 

August 13. — Very hot; finished haying, very weary. 

August 14. — Studying and writing &c. ; St. John cutting oats. 

August 15. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews xiii. 1; Revelation 
xxii. 17. 

August 16. — At home etc; raking oats. 

August 17. — At Felt's; Fox's and Smith's; very hard shower. 

August 18. — At home; wetish day; Frost took his cow out of 
pasture. 

August 19. — Rode to Pullen's; [to] Red Mills; preached Acts ii. 
42 ; church meeting ; staid at Esq 1 " Lane's. 

August 20. — At Henry Carman's ; J. Highat's ; J. Covert's ; Jesse 
Owens's ; church meeting ; Betsy Curry came back to school. 

August 21. — In the study; cool weather. 

August 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxxiii. last ; Jeremiah 
xiii. 14. 

August 23. — Clear and cool ; St. John carting stone. 

August 24. — At home etc. 

August 25. — Rode to Elijah Bugby's; preached Philippians i. 
9, 10. 

August 26. — Preached at Obed Purdy's, Psalms cvii. last. 

August 27. — At home. 

August 28. — Rode to Peekskill ; staid at Richard Curry's. 

August 29. — Preached Ecclesiastes vi. last; funeral sermon of 
Isaac Drake, Psalms cvii. last. 

August 30. — Rode into the Highlands, preached John iii. 5 ; rode 
home. 

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August 31. — At home, Mrs. Sacket 226 here. 

September 1. — Cloudy day. 

September 2. — At Mr. Fowler's. 

September 3. — Church meeting [at] meeting house; James Can- 
nady came. 

September 4. — Studying. 

September 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans v. 17; Ezekiel 
xviii. ***** Betty; went home. 

September 6. — People drawing stones for me. 

September 7. — At Peekskill; sent i$£ to Cortlandt. 

September 8. — At home etc. 

September 9. — At Red Mills; preached Psalms clvii. 5, 6; church 
meeting. 

228 Mrs. Hannah Sackett, daughter of Nathaniel Hazard, by his wife Deborah 
Alsops, and widow of the Rev. Samuel Sackett, Mr. Constant's predecessor at 
Yorktown. Mr. Sackett had labored as a missionary in Westchester County, before 
his installation as pastor of the Presbyterian Society of Bedford, in 1743, and it 
was under his ministry that the church at Hanover, or Crompond, appears to have 
been organized. From 1747 to 1749 he preached at Crompond one-half the time, 
and from 1749 to 1753 mainly at Bedford. In 1765 he was again at Hanover, where 
he remained until the close of his life, except during the occupation by the Con- 
tinental troops of the church and parsonage in the Revolution. In the church- 
yard a stone with the following inscription marks his grave : " Rev. Samuel Sackett, 
/ who died June 5th, 1784. / aged 72 years. / He was a judicious, faithful labo/riou-s 
and successful minister of Christ." His children, most of whom were buried near 
here, were: 1. Joseph Sackett, born 18 April, 1733; died 1 December, 1757, mar- 
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Strang, born 7 June, 1733; died 30 January, 
1773. 2. Nathaniel Sackett, born 10 April, 1737, died 1805 ; married, 3 January, 
1757, Mary, daughter of Anannias Rogers, born 28 August, 1743. He was a Revo- 
lutionary patriot and prominent in public affairs of that period. 3. Samuel Sackett, 
died in the service of his country, 15 April, 1780, in his thirty- fourth year. At the 
time of his death he was captain in the Fourth Regiment, New York Line. He 
married Hannah, daughter of Joseph Pierpont, of New Haven. 4. Deborah Sackett, 
died 14 July, 1769, in her twenty-third year; married Benjamin Peck. 5. Hannah 
Sackett, married Stephen James, son of Hon. James De Lancey. 6. James Sackett, 
died, probably unmarried, since his will makes no mention of wife or children, 8 Au- 
gust, 1 791, aged thirty-six years. He studied medicine and practised in Ulster County. 
His will, executed 19 March, 1789, styled him of Frederickstown, Dutchess County. 

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September 10. — At Capt. Strang's with Mrs. Constant; hot 
weather; shower in the evening. 

September n. — At home; studying for Sabbath ; may God grant 
his presence. 

September 12. — Preached at Red Mills, 1 Corinthians v. 7; admin- 
istered the Sacrament; the members of the church belonging to Red 
Mills incorporated in a church ; staid at Mrs. Heroy's. 

September 13. — Rode home. 

September 14. — At Mrs. Delancy's etc. etc. 

September 15. — At Dr. White's, baptized his child. 

September 16. — At home; Lane and Travis began wall, Lane's 
mare to pasture. 

September 17. 

September 18. 

September 19. 
37 ; rode home. 

September 20. 

September 21. 
13; staid all night. 

September 22. — Rode to Mr. Gerow's; married Major Marshall 
and Mille Gerow ; rode to Meeting House, preached funeral sermon of 
Joseph Lee, 227 Ecclesiastes xxx. 

September 23. — At home &c ; at Capt. Purdy's. 

September 24. — At home. 

September 25. — In study; sowing wheat. 

September 26. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Luke xi. 27, 28 ; Titus 
ii. 11, 12, 13. 

September 27. — Wetish day ; training day. 

September 28. — At widow Owens's; preached Revelation iii. 5; 
in the evening at John Carman's, 1 Peter ii. 1, 2. 

September 29. — Rode to Sherred's and Chatterton's. 



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At Daniel Horton's. 
Studying. 
— Preached at Peekskill, Genesis xxii. 13; John vii. 

— At home ; worked at corn. 
Rode to Deacon Travis's ; preached Genesis xxii. 



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September 30. — At home ; warm day. 

October 1. — St. John set off for Waterbury. 

October 2. — Studying etc. 

October 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah lxii. 11; Matthew vi. 
9-13 ; wetish day. 

October 4. — Rode to Peekskill ; reckoned with Birdsall ; sent for 
***** by Conkling. 

October 5. — Rode to Red Mills, preached Psalms cix. last. 

October 6. — At home, conference here in the evening. 

October 7. — Cradling buckwheat. 

October 8. — Cradling buckwheat; at Stephen Beadle's, Joseph 
Fowler's; St. John came home from Salem, brought sheep, David 
Lewis with him. 

October 9. — Studying etc ; rainy day. 

October 10. — Rode to Peekskill; preached Romans viii. 27, 28; 
wet day ; rode home. 

October 11. — At home; David Lewis here; married John 
Highat. 228 

October 12. — At home; killed sheep; pleasant day. 

October 13. — Presbytery here. 

October 14. — Presbytery here; went home. 

October 15. — At home &c. 

October 16. — Studying &c. 

October 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians iii. 2, 3. 

October 18. — At work on buckwheat. 

October 19. — At work on buckwheat. 

October 20. — Ditto ; married John Waterman and Jane Cronk. 

October 2 1 . — Church meeting at meeting house. 

October 22. — Studying etc. 

October 23. — Fast; preached Hebrews iii. 6. 

!2S The entry in Mr. Constant's list at the back of the Journal is " John Highat 
and Lavina Hunt." The bride was a daughter of Joseph Hunt, of the Manor of 
Cortlandt, by his wife Lavinia Travis. 

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October 24. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Kings x. 15; Isaiah lxiii. 
23 ; administered the Sacrament. 

October 25. — Set off for presbytery, Mr. Shepherd went with me; 
staid at Kakiate. 

October 26. — Rode to Calwell [Caldwell] ; attended presbytery. 

October 2.7. — Attended presbytery. 

October 28. — Attended ordination of Mr. Sergeant. 

October 29. — Attended presbytery etc, and set off for home, rode 
to New York ; staid at Row's. 

October 30. — Rode to Sing Sing; staid at Lester's; rainy day. 

October 31. — Rode to Peekskill; preached 2 Corinthians iv. last; 
Psalms liii. 2-3; [in the] evening at Capt. Hait's, Acts ii. 41 ; staid at 
Capt. Hait's. 

November 1. — Rode home; family well; pleasant weather. 

November 2. — At home; digging sewer etc. 

November 3. — Rode to Walter Ward's; married James Weeks 
and Phebe McKeel ; rainy night ; Mr. Baldwin here. 

November 4. — Clear day; at home; etc. 

November 5. — At home, etc. 

November 6. — Studying; St. John sowing rye and wheat by the 
barn. 

November 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms ii. ; Genesis ii. 

November 8. — Rode to Samuel Osborne's ; bought a cow. 

November 9. — Killed cow and heifer; rode to Red Mills; 
preached John iv. 24; rode to Mr. Jenkin's; preached in the evening, 
Matthew ii. 6; staid at Mr. Ambler's. 

November 10. — Rode home; some rain; salted meat in the after- 
noon. 

November 11. — Mending and worked at chamber-stairs etc. 

November 12. — Rode to Jery. Conkling's; preached Psalms xl. ; 
baptized Jery. Conkling's children, John and Nathaniel. 

November 13. — Studying; pleasant weather. 

November 14. — Preached at Yorktown; rainy day. 

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November 15. — Pleasant day; St. John at Wat[erbury]. 
November 16. — Rainy day, some part of day. 
November 1 7. — Rainy day ; Mr. Baldwin here ; most out of wood. 
November 18. — Mr. Baldwin set off for home; married John 
Paulding 229 and Esther Ward. 

S29 Joost l Paulding, the ancestor of the well-known Paulding family of West- 
chester County, came from Cassant, in Holland, and married, 16 March, 1688, 
Catharina Jans Duyts. He lived for a time at Eastchester, and removed from there 
to Philipse Manor, where he married (2), in 1709, Sophia, widow of Theunis 
Krankheit. In the following year, in August, he expressed to the Dutch Church of 
Tarrytown — the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow — a desire to remove with his 
family to New York, which was granted, with a commendation of his record as 
Deacon and Treasurer, both of which offices he filled in 1712 and 1713. His children, 
all of whom were baptized at the Dutch Church of New York, were : 

1. Abraham 2 Paulding, baptized 7 April, 1689; died young. 

2. Lysbeth Paulding, baptized 24 April, 1692. 

3. Maria Paulding, baptized 24 February, 1695; married, 29 April, 1713, William 

Forbosch. 

4. Abraham Paulding, baptized 23 May, 1697; married, 25 March, 1720, Maria 

Cousyn. 

5. Catharine Paulding, baptized 11 June, 1699, married, 26 November, 1720, 

Gysbert Uitenbogert. 

6. Margarita Paulding, baptized 12 October, 1701 ; died young. 

7. Margarita Paulding, baptized 5 September, 1703 ; married, 13 November, 

1726, Jan Uitenbogert. 

8. Joseph Paulding. 

Joseph 2 Paulding, the youngest son of Joost and Catharina (Duyts) Paulding, 
was baptized at the New York Dutch Church, 3 November, 1708. He married 
Susanna White, and resided in New York, until about 1753, in which year he and 
his wife were entered as members of the Tarrytown Church. In the census of the 
northern part of Philipsburg for 1755, he appeared as the owner of two slaves. His 
homestead was at the present East View, some two miles east of Tarrytown. His 
will, executed 17 September, 1782, proved 12 February, 1787, named sons William, 
Joseph, Peter, and John. His children, most of whom were entered on the baptismal 
records of the New York Dutch Church, were : 

1. Joseph 3 Paulding. 

2. William Paulding, baptized 7 December, 1735; died at Tarrytown, 10 Feb- 

ruary, 1825; married, 25 July, 1762, Catharine Ogden, of New Jersey. 
Issue: 1. Catharine 4 Paulding, born 1 June, 1764. 2. Henrietta Paulding, 
born 9 October, 1766; married Adjutant Isaac Requa. 3. Julia Paulding, 

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November 19. — Studying &c. 
November 20. — Rode to Poundridge. 

November 21. — Preached [at] Poundridge, 1 Peter iv. 18; John 
iv. 24; [in the] evening [at] N[orth] Stamford, Acts xii. 5. 

born 10 August, 1768. 4. William Paulding, born at Tarrytown, 7 March, 
1770; died there, 11 February, 1854; he was mayor of New York, adjutant- 
general of the State, brigadier-general of militia, member of Congress, and 
was at one time the owner of " Lyndhurst," Miss Gould's estate at Irving- 
ton. 5. Joseph Paulding, born 29 February, 1772. 6. Susanna Paulding, born 
28 February, 1774. 7. Nathaniel Paulding, born 18 May, 1776. 8. James 
Kirke Paulding, born at Nine Partner's, Dutchess County, 22 August, 1778; 
died at Hyde Park, 6 April, i860 ; married Gertrude Kemble ; was Secre- 
tary of the Navy under President Van Buren. 9. Euphemia Paulding, born 
9 July, 1781 ; married, 1 December, 1799, Leonard Decline. 

3. Abraham Paulding, baptized 24 September, 1738. 

4. Peter Paulding, baptized 3 November, 1742; died young. 

5. Catharine Paulding, baptized 30 September, 1744. 

6. Peter Paulding, baptized 9 November, 1746; died young. 

7. Peter Paulding, baptized 8 November, 1749; died at Mt. Pleasant, 3 March, 

1842 ; married, 19 August, 1787, Jane, one of the daughters of Reuben 
Fowler, of Peekskill. He served as private and as ensign in the Revolu- 
tion. His children were John and Susanna, the latter of whom married 

Conway. The will of Jane Paulding, widow, probated 16 August, 

1845, named only grandsons William Henry Conway and Charles W. 
Conway, children of deceased daughter Susanna Conway. (Westchester 
Wills, xxxi. 329.) 

8. John Paulding, born 28 January, 1755 ; died, unmarried, at Mt. Pleasant, in 

1847. He was a Revolutionary soldier, serving as a private in Captain Glode 

Requa's company, stationed at Bedford, Yorktown, and Philipsburg. 

Joseph 3 Paulding, the eldest son of Joseph and Susanna (White) Paulding, was 

baptized 22 April, 1733; was supervisor of Philipsburgh in 1778, and a member of 

Captain George Comb's company in the Revolution. He married, 12 November, 

1757, Sarah Gardenier. Their children were: 

1. John 4 Paulding, the patriot. 

2. William Paulding, baptized at New York, 4 February, 1761. 

3. Susanna Paulding, baptized at New York, 5 October, 1763; married, 11 

January, 1789, Henry King. 

4. Abraham Paulding, baptized at Tarrytown, 16 April, 1771. 

5. Peter Paulding, born 12 May, 1774; baptized 7 July, following. 

6. Joseph Paulding, married, 20 July, 1795, Sarah Seeley. 

John 4 Paulding, eldest child of Joseph and Sarah (Gardenier) Paulding, was 

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November 22. — Preached Psalms xc. 1, at Canaan; [in the] even- 
ing Philippians i. 10; staid at Crane's, etc etc. 

November 23. — Rode to Mr. Davenport's; preached in the even- 
ing at Joseph Owens's, Psalm xc. 1. 

born at the Paulding homestead, near Tarrytown, 16 October, 1758, and died near 
Lake Mohegan, 18 February, 1818. His tombstone in the graveyard of St. Peter's 
Church, Peekskill, erected by the corporation of the city of New York, gives briefly 
the story of his life, and is printed in full in Bolton's History of Westchester 
County. For some years after marriage he resided on a farm on the Crompond 
road, three miles east of Peekskill. He later removed to Lake Mohegan, where 
he died. He married (1), 21 April, 1781. Sarah Tidd, of Salem, born 5 April, 
1767; died 23 October, 1789. He married (2), 18 November, 1790, Esther, daughter 
of Caleb Ward, born 1 April, 1768; died 6 March, 1804. His third marriage was 
to Hester, daughter of Isaac Denike, of Peekskill. She died 27 October, 1855, 
aged seventy-one. She married (2) Elisha Serrine, of Shrub Oak. By his first 
marriage he had : 

1. Sarah Paulding, died young. 

2. Nancy Paulding, born 12 September, 1786; died 30 August, 1863; married, 

15 September, 1805, Nathan Dusenbury. 

3. Elizabeth Paulding, twin of above, died 13 September, 1792. 

4. George Washington Paulding, born 1789; died young. 
The children by second marriage were : 

5. James Paulding, named in aforesaid will ; removed to Louisiana. 

6. Sarah Paulding, married John Hyatt. 

7. Hiram Paulding, naval officer, born in New York City, 11 December, 1797; 

died at Huntington, Long Island, 20 October, 1878. 

8. George Paulding resided in New York City; married twice. 

9. John Paulding, named in his father's will; removed to Louisiana. 

10. Susanna Paulding, not of age at the execution of her father's will. 

11. Mary Paulding, born 19 April, 1802; died 23 March, 1803. 

12. Caleb Paulding, born 8 February, 1804 ; died 3 May, 1890 ; married Carolina 

A., daughter of John Conklin, of Yorktown. 
Children by third marriage : 

13. Joseph Paulding, married Martha Elmendorf, of Kingston. 

14. Isaac Paulding. 

15. Phebe Paulding, born in October, 1808; died 16 June, 1843; married Thomas 

J. Darling. 

16. Mary Paulding, born 31 March, 1812; died 20 March, 1883; married Henry 

J. Hallock, of Yorktown. 

17. Hannah A. Paulding, born in July, 1812; died 27 February, 1850; married 

Henry W. Ingersoll. 

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November 24. — Rode home, etc. ; at Mrs. Delancey's. 

November 25. — At Mr. Whitney's; married Jacob Smith and 
Sarah Jump. 

November 26. — Got people to sign for School. 

November 27. — Snow storm, studying. 

November 28. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John ii. 1 ; people rode 
in sleighs to meeting. 

November 29. — Pleasant weather; St. John, getting wood for 
school. 

November 30. — At home; shocking corn etc. 

December 1. — Studying [in] forenoon; at Major Strang's; Dr. 
White's, [and] Mrs. Delancey's; conference. 

December 2. — Cloudy; rode to Capt. Strang's; Vail's; [and] 
Ward's ; preached in the evening, Psalms xxx. 1 ; staid all night. 

18. Elijah Paulding, born 8 February, 1814; died 26 June, 1832. 

19. Samuel Paulding, married Elizabeth Cooper, of Kingston. 

20. Leonard Paulding, died unmarried. 

21. Pierre Van Cortlandt Paulding, born 2 September, 1818; married Susan, 

daughter of John Travis, of Peekskill. 
The joint will of Peter 3 Paulding and his brother John Paulding, dated 3 June, 
1835, described the testators as of Mt. Pleasant, and gave their estate to Jane, wife 
of Peter Paulding, and to John Paulding and Susanna E. Conway, the children of 
Peter Paulding. The will was probated 10 November, 1847, and the citation which 
was served on the following, as " heirs of and the next of kin to John Paulding, 
late of Mt. Pleasant, deceased," is interesting as showing the then known descendants 
of Joseph and Susanna (White) Paulding; William Paulding, Junr. ; Henrietta 
Requa, widow ; Henry Ogden Irving ; Maria, wife of Frederick Paulding ; Catha- 
rine and Alexander Paulding, of Greenburgh ; James C. Hale ; Josephine, the wife 
of William Woods; Joseph Paulding; Samuel Paulding; William Conway and 
Charles W. Conway, the latter minors, of Mt. Pleasant; Caleb Paulding, of Peeks- 
kill ; Lewis G. Irving and Maria his wife, of Yonkers ; Nancy, wife of Robert 
Palmer, of White Plains; Nathaniel Paulding; James K. Paulding; Oscar Irving; 
Pierre Irving; Julia, wife of Moses H. Grinnell ; Euphemia, wife of Jotham 
Fountain ; Euphemia Decline ; Euphemia, wife of John Cashion and George W. 
Paulding, of New York; Charlotte, wife of John Chaddle, of Albany; Abraham 
Paulding, of Dutchess County; Hiram Paulding; Joseph Paulding; John Pauld- 
ing, Junr., and Joseph Paulding, sons of John Paulding, deceased. 

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December 3. — Snow and rain; clear in the afternoon. 

December 4. — Clear; St. John carried corn to Landing; study- 
ing, etc. 

December 5. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Peter i. 10; in the even- 
ing at Frost's, 1 Timothy i. [to] end of command. 

December 6. — Killed hogs ; cold day ; salting pork etc. 

December 7. — At Deacon Knap's, and Capt. Carman's; singing 
meeting here ; cold night. 

December 8. — Clear and cold. 

December 9. — At home; getting wood, etc. 

December 10. — Studying; at Mrs. Delancey's. 

December 11. — Rainy day; rode to Peekskill; preached in the 
Meeting house John iv. 16; church meeting; staid at R. Curry's. 

December 12. — Preached at Peekskill, John xiv. 1 ; administered 
the Sacrament; preached in the evening at Esq r Drake's, Luke xiv. 17. 

December 13. — Pleasant day; at John Jones's and Elijah Mor- 
gan's; rode home; St. John set off for New Milford; Mr. Overton 
here. 

December 14. — Pleasant day; got some wood. 

December 15. — Cold, clear weather; at Frost's; sent for steel 
to New York. 

December 16. — Snow storm; bought pork of Frost, salted it 
down ; rode to Croton ; married Thomas Hammond and Abigail Far- 
rington. 

December 17. — At home; getting wood from east meadow. 

December 18. — Rode to Bedford; staid at J. Owens's. 

December 19. — Preached at Bedford, Proverbs iii. 17; in the 
evening at J. Owens's Job xxiii. 3-5. 

December 20. — Rode to Montross's; Mr. Davenport preached; 
rode home. 

December 21. — Snow storm; Highat Lane ********* 

December 22. — Clear and cold ; St. John carried corn to Landing, 
at Spock's Mills; sent by Esqr Lee to Cortlandt £19-0-0. 

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December 23. — People drawing wood; Golden came to make 
shoes. 

December 24. — Good sleighing; at Capt. Strang's. 

December 25. — Cloudy, cold, north-east wind; studying. 

December 26. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians viii. 9; 
pleasant day, good sleighing. 

December 27. — Cool north wind ; clear. 

December 28. — At home forenoon; at Capt. Haight's in the 
evening. 

December 29. — Preached at Yorktown, Ecclesiastes ix. last; 
parish meeting; agreed to do something to the meeting house. 

December 30. — Rode into the Highlands ; married Isaac Herd 
and Hannah Hait; staid at J. Duzenbury's; Golden making shoes. 

December 31. — Very cold day; rode home etc. Thus ends the 
year! How little good is done! May a kind Lord pardon what has 
been done amiss and what has been omitted that ought to have been 
done ! And O for grace to live nearer to God. May his blessing attend 
my labors. 

1791 

January 1. — Cold snow storm. 

January 2. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached Matthew v. 8 ; in the 
evening at Birdsall's, Job xxiii. 3-5. 

January 3. — Rode home ; warm pleasant weather. 

January 4. — Rode to Salem, Robert Lee with me, trustees of 
Academy met. 

January 5. — Rode home ; Mrs. Delancey here. 

January 6. — At home. 

January 7. — Rode to Sellick's; preached Romans xii. 9; in the 
evening at Joshua Haight's Psalms cl. 6. 

January 8. — Studying etc. 

January 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians iii. 2 ; in the even- 
ing at my house, Hebrews xii. 28; snow in the evening [and] rain. 

January 10. — Cloudy and windy; at Mrs. Du Eois's. 

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January 1 1 . — Clear, cold ; rode to Collabergh ; preached funeral 
sermon, Ecclesiastes vii. [of] Mr. Lent ; rode home, Philo came here. 

January 12. — Cold; began to snow; rode to Mr. Bea's [Beyea] ; 
preached funeral sermon, Ecclesiastes vii. 6. 

January 13. — Pleasant weather. 

January 14. — At home; etc. 

January 15. — Studying. This day forty-one years of age. Oh 
how little done for God. Oh for more grace and zeal. 

January 16. — Preached at Y[orktown], Colossians iii. 2; in the 
evening at Widow Lee's, Acts ix. ; married Jesse Travis and Abigail 
Smith. 

January 17. — Snow storm; married Daniel Knap and Elizabeth 
Carman. 

January 18. — Rode to William Bailey's; preached Psalms. . . . 

January 19. — At home; reading Pike's Philosophy. 

January 20. — Rode to Sylvanus Haight's ; married Richard 
Weeks and Nancy Swam ; rode home. 

January 21. — Warm day; reading etc.; at Mr. Joseph Fowler's 
in the evening. 

January 22. — Studying. 

January 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms lxxxvii. 3 ; [in the] 
evening [at] R. Curry's; Acts ix. 6. 

January 24. — Rode to widow Osborne's, preached Proverbs xxiv. 
1 ; funeral at Dr. White's ; his child dead. 

January 25. — Thawing weather; at Stephen Bedel's; Covert's; 
Fowler's. 

January 26. — At home; warm thawy weather. 

January 27. — At home; sore eyes; studying. 

January 28. — Cutting timber part of the day in the east meadow, 
Mr. Overton here. 

January 29. — Rode to Red Mills ; preached Acts xii. 6. 

January 30. — Preached at Red Mills, Psalms xc. 1 ; administered 
the Sacrament; in the evening at Benjamin Crosby's, Acts ix. 6. 

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3ournal of tbe iReverenfc Silas Constant 

January 31. — Rode home; very cold wind. 

February 1. — Cold day; at home; studying. 

February 2. — At home; studying etc. 

February 3. — Studying; church meeting. 

February 4. — Studying ; preached at Henry Carman's in the even- 
ing, Hebrews ii. 1 ; Mr. Lewis at meeting. 

February 5. — Preparation for the Sacrament; Mr. Lewis preached 1 
at the Meeting House. 

February 6. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews i. 3 ; administered 
the Sacrament ; good sleighing in the morning ; preached in the even- 
ing at the meeting house, Genesis iii. 7-8. 

February 7. — At home ; wet muddy weather. 

February 8. — At home, reading &c; storm of snow and hail. 

February 9. — Rode to B Duzenbury's ; married Matthew McCabe 
and Drusilla Duzenbury; storm of snow. 

February 10. — Rode to Walter Ward's; preached in the evening 
Acts ix. 6 ; staid all night ; good sleighing. 

February 11. — Clear and cool; rode to Peekskill with Mrs. Con- 
stant in sleigh ; rode home. 

February 12. — Clear and cold ; studying. 

February 13. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms cxvi. 7; in the even- 
ing at Mr. Formelier's [Vermilya], Galatians v. 1. 

February 14. — Rode to Gilbert Budd's; preached Psalms xc. 1; 
in the evening at Capt. J. Haight's, Philippians i. 10. 

February 15. — Preached at the church in the Highlands, 230 2 
Peter, last. 

230 St. Philip's, then a chapel of ease to St. Peter's, Peekskill, and the only 
church building between Peekskill and Fishkill, was at what is now Garrison's. 
After the Revolution the Presbyterian Society endeavored to get possession of 
St. Peter's Church, and so far succeeded as to elect trustees. The attempt was, 
however, frustrated, and the two were made an episcopal corporation 26 April, 
1791, under the title of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill, and St. Philip's Chapel in 
the Highlands. Some years later Mr. Constant applied for permission to preach 
in St. Peter's, Peekskill, but leave was not granted. 

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February 16. — Rode home, grows very cold. 

February 17. — Very cold day; at home etc. 

February 18. — Studying etc. 

February 19. — Studying etc. 

February 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation iii. 13; in the 
evening Isaiah xxv. 6. 

February 21. — Cold day; Mr. Woolsey here &c. 

February 22. — At Major Strang's and John Lee's. 

February 23. — Warm thawy day; at Peter Lane's, his wife sick. 

February 24. — Cold day ; sheep begin to have lambs. 

February 25. — Rode to widow Bashford's; preached Lamenta- 
tions iii. 12; in the evening at John Carman's, Hebrews xiii. 28; 
staid all night. 

February 26. — Rode home studying etc. 

February 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation xvii. 1 ; in the 
evening 1 Corinthians xvi. 1 3 ; married Abraham Flagler and Unice 
Jones. 

February 28. — Wet day; funeral of John Rich's child. 

March 1 . — Cool and windy ; at home etc, etc. 

March 2. — At home; pleasant day. 

March 3. — Trustees met here; reckoned with them. 

March 4. — Warm day; preached at Jonathan Travis's, 2 Corin- 
thians vi. 1 ; baptized his children. 

March 5. — Studying for the Sabbath etc. 

March 6. — Preached at Peekskill, John iii. ; in the evening at 
John Jones's John v. 40. 

March 7. — Muddy; reading; at W. Tator's, Sherwood's, 
Haight's and Lane's. 

March 8. — Messrs Lewis, Burritt and Davenport 231 here &c; 
pleasant but muddy. 

281 The Rev. John Davenport, son of Rev. James Davenport, born at Philippi, 
now Carmel, Putnam County, New York, 11 August, 1752; was graduated at the 
College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, in 1769; ordained by Suffolk 

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March 9. — Mr. Golden came to work; cool, dry day; south 
wind in the afternoon. 

March 10. — Rainy day in the forenoon, warm; Peter Lane here; 
attending to Sundry accounts. 

March 11. — Rainy morning; very muddy. 

March 12. — Studying &c. 

March 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xv. 19; in the even- 
ing at Mrs. Delancey's, Job vi. 30; very muddy. 

March 14. — St. John set off for Waterbury; warm day; at Mr. 
Travis's ; etc. 

March 15. — Rainy morning, warm. 

March 16. — Cloudy; very muddy weather; parish meeting; 
cloudy day. 

March 1 7. — Rode to the kill ; Trustees of Peekskill met ; warm 
day; frogs peep; staid at Birdsall's. 

March 18. — Rode home, warm day. 

March 19. — Rainy day forenoon; snow in the afternoon; study- 
ing, etc. 

March 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah xxix. 11; in the 
evening at my house, John iii. 1 and 9 ; cleared off cold. 

March 21. — Pleasant; at home. 

March 22. — At home ; studying &c ; Golden making shoes. 

March 23. — Robert Travis razing sheep; St. John came from 
Waterbury, brought oxen. 

March 24. — Cloudy and warm; Mr. John Lewis came here; 
preached at meeting house; church meeting to choose a deacon. 

March 25. — Mr. Lewis went home; rain in the forenoon. 

March 26. — Clear and pleasant; studying &c. 

Presbytery in 1775 ; installed pastor of the church at Bedford, 18 May, 1786, on 
which occasion Mr. Constant preached, and there remained until 1791. He was 
settled at Deerfield, New Jersey, 12 August, 1795; later he removed to Lysander, 
New York, where he died 12 July, 1821. His ancestor, the Rev. John Davenport, 
was the first minister at New Haven, his grandfather was pastor at Stamford, 
Connecticut, and his father at Carmel. 

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March 27. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians ii. 5, 6, 7; Jere- 
miah xxix. 1 1 ; warm day. 

March 28. — Preached [at] Mr. McCoy's, 1 Timothy iv. 8; Judge 
Purdy staid here; rode home; warm day. 

March 29. — Cloudy, misty morning. 

March 30. — At home &c. 

March 31. — Capt. Pernier 232 came here to work. 

April 1. — Pleasant weather. 

April 2. — Rainy day, forenoon; cleared off cold; studying. 

April 3. — Sun in eclipse ; preached at Yorktown, 1 Peter i. 5 ; 
1 Corinthians iii. 3 ; cool day. 

April 4. — Cool and pleasant ; married couple near Dr. Cornelius's, 
names forgotten. 

April 5. — Town meeting. 

April 6. — Pleasant but cool ; at east meadow at work &c. 

April 7. — Very cold and windy; young cow sick. 

April 8.— Rode to Fishkill, [at] Esq"" Van Wyck's. 233 

April 9. — At Major Hill's; preached Acts ix. 6. 

April 10. — Preached at the meeting house, Psalms xxvii. 3; 
Hebrews ix. 16. 

April 11. — Rode home; pleasant weather. 

April 12. — At home &c. 

232 This name should probably be Penoyer. 

233 William Van Wyck, whose gravestone in the Rombout, or Presbyterian, 
church-yard, at Fishkill, bears the following : " Sacred to the Memory of / William 
Van Wyck Esq / who deceased November ye 24th 1793 / Aged 63 years 4 mos / 
On tombs enconiums, — are but vainly spent / A Virtuous Lyfe is the best Monu- 
ment." He was a son of Theodore Van Wyck, Esq., who was born on Long Island, 
15 October, 1697, removed to Fishkill in 1736, and died there 15 September, 1776, 
or as his head-stone quaintly states it, " In the Year of the Independence of 
America." Sarah, the second wife of William Van Wyck, died 9 December, 1792, 
in her fiftieth year. She was enrolled on Mr. Constant's membership list as one 
who "lived out of the parish." (Fishkill Inscriptions in New York Genealogical 
and Biographical Record, January, 1893.) The first of the Van Wyck name in 
New York was Jacob Van Wyck, who settled there in 1640. 

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April 13. — Went to Hunter's after share [of] malt; at Mr. Car- 
man's who is sick. 

April 14. — Work at west fence; at Carman's. 

April 15. — At home, etc etc., studying. 

April 16. — Rode to Peekskill; staid at R. Curry's. 

April 17. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah vi. 3; Matthew xxvii. 
3, 4, 5. Mr. Overton preached at Yorktown. 

April 18. — Preached funeral sermon Acts vii. 14; Mrs. Welsh 
dead; Mr. Overton went to Salem. 

April 19. — Cool wind; preached at meeting house; funeral ser- 
mon, Mr. Carman dead, Revelation iii. II. 

April 20. — Rode to Kill; preached funeral sermon [of] Capt. 
Caldwell's child. 

April 21. — At home; Mrs. Delancey here. 

April 22. — Warm dry weather ; at Frost's. 

April 23. — Studying; Nancy Lane digging garden. 

April 24. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Isaiah xlix. 8; 1 Peter 2; 
rainy afternoon. 

April 25. — Cold north wind; may God give a fruitful season. 

April 26. — At John Hadden Jun r 's ; preached 1 Peter ii. 6. 

April 27. — At home, etc. 

April 28. — Church meeting. 

April 29. — Studying etc. 

April 30. — Fast day; preached Colossians iii. 12-16. 

May 1. — Preached at Yorktown; administered the Sacrament; 
ordained Deacon Lane. 

May 2. — At home. 

May 3. — Rode to Salem; presbytery. 

May 4. — Presbytery; preached Psalm lxxxvii. 3. 

May 5. — Attended presbytery; adjourned to Mr. Judd's third 
Wednesday in September ; rode to Captain Obed. Purdy's ; rainy day. 

May 6. — Rode home, cool and pleasant. 

May 7. — Studying &c. 

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May 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Genesis iii. 15; Psalms xlvi. 10; 
at Mr. Lent's, Psalms iv. 2 ; staid at Mr. Dykeman's. 

May 9. — At Travis's, Caldwell's Birdsall's, Haight's, Duzen- 
bury's, Owen's; bought a cow. 

May 10. — At home; Mr. Delancey here. 

May 11. — At John Lee's and Ingersoll's. 
• May 12. — At Red Mills, preached Hebrews iii. 1 ; St. John began 
to plow ; dry weather. 

May 13. — At home etc. 

May 14. — Studying; supply of rain. 

May 15. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 14; Acts xxiv. 16. 

May 16. — Rode to Kill; sent money by Conkling to Cortlandt, 
£97-4. 

May 17. — Washed sheep. 

May 18. — Training day. 

May 19. — Shearing sheep; pleasant, growing season. 

May 20. — Preached at Gabriel McFarden's, Hebrews iii. 1 ; at 
Horton's, Horton's, Carman's ; showers in the afternoon. 

May 21. — Cool dry wind; studying. 

May 22. — Preached at Yorktown; Psalms xcvii. 

May 23. — At home etc. 

May 24. — At home. 

May 25. — Rode into the mountains with cattle; misty day; at 
conference. 

May 26. — Preached at meeting house, Proverbs xxiv. 13-14. 

May 27. — At home studying. 

May 28. — Rode to Kill, preached sacramental lecture. 

May 29. — Preached at Peekskill; administered the Sacrament; 
rode home. 

May 30. — Set off for Cochoague 234 rode to Mr. Shepherd's ; to 
Norwalk ; went on board boat. 



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May 31. — Landed on Long Island, staid at Huntington. 238 

June 1. — Rode to Coram; 236 staid all night. 

June 2. — Rode to Cutchogue; hot weather. 

June 3. — Preached for Mr. Green, Psalms ii. 5. 

June 4. — At Mr. Green's. 

June 5. — Preached for Mr. Green, Hebrews ix. 2, Acts ix. 6. 

June 6. — At Mattituck; preached at Cutchogue, Psalms xci. 



11. 



June 7. — Presbytery opened by Mr. Green. 

June 8. — Attended Presbytery; adjourned till last Tuesday in 
October [at] Mr. Baldwin's. 

June 9. — Set off for home; rode to Robertson's [at] Huntington. 

June 10. — At the ferry all day &c. 

June 11. — Crossed the Sound; rode to Mr. Shepherd's. 

June 12. — Rode home, friends and family well; preached at York- 
town, 1 Corinthians ii. 15; v. 6-7. 

June 13. — Growing season, hot day. 

June 14. — Reading; hot day; preached at Mr. Travis's, Titus ii. 
13; Mr. Hanna came here. 

June 15. — Mr. Hanna preached at the meeting house. 

June 16. — Rode out with Mr. Hanna to visit at W. Conkling's, 
Strang's, Carman's, Lyon's, Lang's, Wood's, Mead's, Brewer's [and] 
Lane's, where we staid all night. 

June 17. — At Smith's, Pernier's, Badeau's [and] Johnson's, Mr. 
Hanna preached ; rode home ; refreshing rain. 

June 18. — Cool wind; studying. 

June 19. — Preached Romans vii. 9; Titus ii. 13. 

June 20. — Rode to Mr. J. Travis's [and] home. 

June 21. — At home, ploughing corn. 

June 22. — Ploughing corn &c; conference. 

236 A ferry has been maintained between this town and Norwalk, Connecticut, 
from a very early period. 

286 A village in Brookhaven, named for an Indian chief. 

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June 23. — Reading &c. &c. &c. 

June 24. — Reading &c. &c. &c ; studying. 

June 25. — Studying; preached funeral sermon of Thomas Lee, 237 
deceased. 

June 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Job xxi. 15; Romans viii. 
10. 

June 27. — Rain this morning. 

June 28. — Visiting Budd's, Forman's, Golden's, Chatterton's, 
Scudder's, Lane's, Lane's, Lane's, Highet's, Highet's, Highet's. 

June 29. — St. John set off for New York ; married Stephen Mills 
and Sarah Travis. 

June 30. — Church meeting, preached to youth, Psalms xxxv. 2 ; 
married Abijah Corbin and Tamer Hughson; rainy day [in the] 
afternoon. 

July 1. — At school house. 

July 2. — Studying, &c. &c. ; St. John came home from York. 

July 3. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Jeremiah viii. 33; married 
Thomas Cox and Nellie Mefore. 

July 4. — Ploughing corn &c in orchard. 

July 5. — Rode to Michael Hynard's; married John Fish and Abi- 
gail Bashford and Jacob Higby and Mary Lockard. 238 

July 6. — Quarter day, very hot and dry. 

July 7. — Sick with lame back ; Joseph to mill. 

July 8. — At home unwell; studying &c; reading some part of 
the day. 

July 9. — Rode to Red Mills; preached Matthew iii. — ; Hebrews 

July 10. — Preached at Red Mills 1 Corinthians ii. 28; 2 Thessa- 
lonians iii. 5 ; married Daniel Thorn and Hannah Taylor ; rode home, 
shower. 

237 See note 137. 

!3S The list of marriages in the Church Register gives the name of the bride as 
Mary Lockwood. 

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July ii. — Hot morning; rode to Stephen Horton's; 239 got my 
boot leather. 

July 12. — Very hot; rode to Dr. Cornelius's; 240 married Elias 
Cornelius and Rachel Stocker. 

July 13. — Very hot morning; began to mow. 

July 14. — Sick in the afternoon. 

July 15. — Unwell at home. 

July 16. — At Capt. Strang's &c. 

July 17. — Studying. 

July 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs vi. 23; Genesis xlii. 5. 

July 19. — Worked at hay, carting &c. 

239 Stephen Horton, recorder for the Manor of Cortlandt in 1763, was born 30 
April, 172,1, and died 7 December, 1814. He married (1), 24 December, 1758, Sarah 
Owens, born 19 November, 1737; died 27 October, 1772; married (2), 26 Novem- 
ber, 1773, Elizabeth Frost, born 24 February, 1741 ; died 20 May, 1825. By his 
first wife he had : 

1. Joseph Horton, born 24 August, 1759; died in June, 1813 ; married Mary, 

daughter of Ephraim Bedle. 

2. Hannah Horton, born 12 January, 1761 ; died 30 October, 1827. 

3. Stephen Horton, died 30 October, 1827, aged sixty-four years and nine 

months; married, 25 December, 1785, Elizabeth Haviland. She died 9 
June, 1834, aged seventy-four years, ten months, and seventeen days. Both 
are buried at Shrub Oak. 

4. Elizabeth Horton, born 23 October, 1764; married, 7 November, 1787, Wil- 

liam Bedle, of Somers. He died in January, 1823, and left surviving wife 
Elizabeth and daughter Sarah, wife of James White. 

5. Caleb Horton, born 3 November, 1766; died 11 February, 1771. 

6. Sarah Horton, born 18 November, 1769; died 20 September, 1771. 
The children by second marriage were : 

7. Caleb Horton, born 25 September, 1774; married, 22 January, 1800, Sarah 

Field. 

8. Wright Horton, born 22 May, 1776; died 27 June, 1861 ; married, 28 

November, 1798, Anna, daughter of Dr. Elias Quereau, born 10 November, 
1780; died 4 January, 1852. 

9. Jacob Horton, born 19 February, 1779; died 15 July, 1808. 

10. Sarah Horton, born 11 March, 1781 ; died 20 October, 1858; married, 10 
July, 1824, Joseph Lee. 

240 See note 217. 

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— Preached at James Carman's, Joshua xxv. 15. 



July 21. — Rode to Esq r Lane's, Mr. Hanna preached. 

July 22. — At Deacon Knap's. 

July 23. — At home; Esq r Lee's, &c. 

July 24. — Studying. 

July 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew ii. 28; Matthew vii. 21. 

July 26. — Lane's P. & E. ; mowing ; Mrs. Delancey here. 

July 27. — Raking hay. 

July 28. — Work at hay. 

July 29. — Married Jonathan Travis and Deborah Smith ; rode to 
Salem; staid all night. 

July 30. — Rode home; hot weather; preached at P[eeks]kill. 

August 1. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Ephesians ii. 4-5; Matthew 
iii. 1-8. 

August 3. — Very dry. 

August 4. — Miles working at hay; Mr. Hanna came here. 

August 5. — Rode to John Likeley's, preached Philippians iii. 3; 
[rode] to Esq r Garrison's, Mr. Hanna preached. 

August 6. — Rode to Joseph Travis's ; married Charles Duzenbury 
and Sarah Conkling; rode to Yorktown, preached Psalms cix. 9. 

August 7. — Rainy day; supply of rain; praise to God the giver. 

August 8. — Studying; unwell &c. 

August 9. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians i. 18; 1 Peter 
iii. 8 ; Frank here. 

August 10. — Cool, pleasant morning; bought cloth for coat of 
Frost. 

August 11. — At home &c, rainy day &c, St. John went to 
P[eeks]kill after pigs. 

August 12. — At home, conference at Mrs. Lee's. 

August 13. — At home; reading &c. 

August 14. — At home; studying. 

August 15. — Fast day; preached in orchard, Romans viii. 23; 
Hebrews xii. 2 ; church meeting. 

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August 1 6. — Preached at Yorktown, i Corinthians ii. 26; x. 12; 
administered the Sacrament. 

August 17. — * * * * * ; mending fences; Rich worked 

here part of the day. 

August 18. — Warm growing season. 

August 19. — Rode to Deacon Travis's; preached [at] Mr. 
Philips's, Philippians iii. 10; staid at Deacon Travis's. 

August 20. — Rode home. "\ _„ , , , , P 

. A , , o One day wrong through the fore 

August 10. — At home &c. > % , . & , & 

. o 1 • part of this month. 

August 21. — Studying etc. ) 

August 22. — Preached at Peekskill, Revelation vi. last. 

August 23. — At home, Golden here, making boots. 

August 24. — Rode to the Highlands ; preached iv. 2 ; Mr. Hanna 
preached &c. 

August 25. — Rode to Wappinger's Creek; preached John iv. 35; 
rode to Poughkeepsie. 

August 26. — Rode to New Paltz; attended church meeting; the 
church embodied at Mr. Deyo's; 241 returned to Poughkeepsie; 
preached John iv. 24. 

August 27. — To New Paltz; at Mr. Perkins's. 

August 28. — At Mr. Woolsey's; hot weather. 

August 29. — Preached at Mr. Deyo's, Song of Solomon v. 1 ; 
Acts xiii. 41. 

August 30. — Rode to New Marlborough, preached xc. 1. 

August 31. — Rode home, very hot weather. 

September 1. — At home, lame with boil. 

September 2. — At home ; rainy day ; reading etc. 

September 3. — At home, cool weather. 

September 4. — Studying etc. 

241 Two of this name — Christian Deyoe and Pierre Deyoe — were among the 
patentees of New Paltz, Ulster County, 29 September, 1677, and one of their de- 
scendants, Benjamin Deyoe, was one of the "twelve men" of the town in 1785, 
a governing body which represented the original owners. 

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September 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs ix. 5 ; Jeremiah 
v. 24. 

September 6. — At home, etc. 

September 7, 8, 9, 10. 

September 11. — Studying; preached at Peekskill, Matthew xi. 
1-5; Isaiah xlviii. 17-18; rainy day. 

September 12. — Set off for Salem [and] Waterbury; staid at 
Shaw's [in] Danbury. 

September 13. — Rode to Salem; father Lewis sick. 

September 14. — Rode to Josiah Tirrell's; church meeting. 

September 15. — Rainy day, at Amos Hotchkiss'; rode to John 
Lewis's. 

September 16. — At Eben Hoadley's, &c. 

September 17. — At Mr. Fowler's. 

September 18. — Preached [at] Salem, 1 Corinthians xv. 13; Acts 
ix. 6; staid at E. Hoadley's. 

September 19. — Rode to Waterbury Town, at Mr. Leaven- 
worth's &c. 

September 20. — Set off for home; staid at Capt. Wildman's. 

September 21. — Rode home; family well. 

September 22. — At home ; at Doctor White's. 

September 23. — At home; rainy day; Esq r Lee here. 

September 24. — Studying. 

September 25. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Thessalonians v. 3 
&6. 

September 26. — At home part of day ; rode to Peekskill, to Dyck- 
man's &c. 

September 2.y. — Mr. Shepherd here; preached in evening; people 
drawing stone for me. 

September 28. — At home, etc. 

September 29. — Sermon to youth at meeting house. 

September 30. — At home, etc. 

October 1. — Studying, etc. 

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October 2. — Preached at Peekskill, John xvii. 1 ; 1 Corinthians 
xvi. 13; staid at Curry's. 

October 3. — At Spock's, Brown's &c. 

October 4. — At Sand's, preached Hebrews iv. 16. 

October 5. — Rode home; St. John cradling buckwheat. 

October 6. — Married Edmond Morgan and Phebe Thorn; church 
meeting at meeting house. 

October 7. — Clear and pleasant weather. 

October 8. — Studying &c. 

October 9. — Preached at Red Mills, John xvii. 1 ; administered 
the Sacrament ; in the evening at Mr. Disbrow's, Psalms iv. 4. 

October 10. — At home &c. 

October 1 1 . — Dry pleasant weather. 

October 12, 13. 

October 14. — Studying. 

October 15. — Preached at Yorktown, fast day; Romans viii. 13. 

October 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews iv. 15; Luke ii. 
25 ; administered the Sacrament ; Mr. Hickox 242 exhorted in the 
evening. 

October 1 7. — At home, &c at buckwheat. 

October 18. — Worked at buckwheat. 

October 19. — Preached funeral sermon at Zopher Jones's; 243 his 
child dead. 

October 20. — Rode to Salem, trustees meeting. 

October 21. — Rode home. 

October 22.- — Studying &c &c ; Joseph gone to Salem. 

October 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Matthew xxv. 7; Ecclesiastes 
ix. 7 ; rode to Daniel Horton Jun r 's ; married Jacob Rich and Jemima 
Lyon. 

242 The Rev. James Hickox, who later was ordained pastor of the churches at 
Philippi and at Red Mills. 

243 Zopher Jones, of Fishkill, son of Smith William Jones (see note 195). He 
married (2), 24 December, 1795, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel Brown by his wife 
Mary Hall. 

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October 24. — Set off for Presbytery at Rockaway; staid at 
Pompton. 

October 25. — Rode to Mr. Baldwin's. 

October 26. — Attended presbytery. 

October 27. — Attended ditto. 

October 28. — Presbytery adjourned to first Tuesday in June. 

October 29. — Set off for home; staid at Kakaat. 

October 30. — Rode home &c. 

October 31. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs iii. 14-5. 

November 1. — Rode to Jacob Lent's; married Gilbert Travis and 
Rachel Lent. 

November 2. — At home; worked at Buckwheat. 

November 3. — Married Benjamin Dickerson and Polly Drake; 
Philo Hoadley here; Joseph came home. 

November 4. — Rode to Capt. Montross's; paid him money &c; 
rode to James Carman's, preached Psalms lxxi. 3 ; snowy day. 

November 5. — Rode to Esq r Duzenbury's; preached Psalms 
lxxi. 3. 

November 6. — Preached [at] funeral [of] Mr. Avery, Revelation 
xiv. 13; rode home; studying &c. 

November 7. — Preached Yorktown, Hebrews vii. 15; Isaiah 
xlviii. 22; Philo here; pleasant day. 

November 8. — Warm day; training day. 

November 9. — Philo went home ; rode to Eben. Mead's, preached 
Psalms lxxi. 3; rode to Walter Ward's; preached in the evening 
Ephesians v. 14-5; St. Jphn ditching swamp. 

November 10. — Rode home &c. 

November 1 1 . — At home, reading. 

November 12. — Rode to Peekskill, sacramental lecture, John 
i. 12. 

November 13. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Psalms lxix. 31-2; ad- 
ministered the sacrament; [in the] evening preached [at] R. C's, 
Ephesians v. 14-15. 

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November 14. — Rode home; sold horse to Dyck[man] ; Mr. 
Townley came here ; preached in the evening at the meeting house. 

November 15. — Rode with Townley to Robert Wright's; he 
preached &c; at Dr. Cornelius's, preached Philippians 1. 10. 

November 16. — At Red Mills meeting house; Mr. Townley 
preached ; at Joshua Highat's in the evening. 

November 17. — At Jesse Owen's 244 [and] Mr. Birdsall's. 

November 18. — At Mrs. Caldwell's; in the evening at Solomon 
Smith's, rode home. 

November 19. — Rode to White Plains [at] Tompkins's. 

November 20. — Preached [at] State house, Ephesians vi. 16; in 
the evening at Tompkins's, Philippians i. 10. 

November 21. — Rainy day; rode to Rye, preached [at] Mr. 
Brown's, John i. 12; in the evening at Robert Hart's, Psalms xci. 1. 

November 22. — Rode to Mr. Taylor's; preached 1 Timothy iv. 8; 
in the evening at Mr. Byea's, Psalms xci. 1 ; staid at Mr. Townley's. 

November 23. — Rode to Capt. Requa's, preached Job xxiii. 3-4; 
and in the evening at Capt. Reed's, John iv. 24. 

November 24. — At Captain Oakley's, Isaiah lxiii. 1 ; in the even- 
ing at John Russel's, Matthew xxii. 42. 

November 25. — Rode to Sing-Sing, preached Job xxiii. 3-4, and 
in the evening at Sampson Dyckman's, Job xxiii. 3-4 ; staid at Dyck- 
man's. 

November 26. — Rode home; cool day; found family well. Oh 
the goodness of God to me and mine ! 

2 " Jesse Owens, Esq., of what is now Putnam Valley, born 23 March, 1741 ; 
died 12 May, 1828, and is buried in the Van Cortlandt Cemetery of that place, as 
is also his wife Mary, born 15 September, 1752; died 25 March, 1826. He served 
as a private in the Revolution, in Captain George Lane's company, Colonel Henry 
Luddington's regiment. He was one of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church, 
and services were frequently held at his house. His daughter Jane married Jona- 
than, not John, Ferris, as is noted in the Journal under date of 13 February, 1800, 
and they settled in what is now the town of Putnam Valley. His other children 
were Hugh, Zephaniah, and Elizabeth, who married Ezra Hubbell. 

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November 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Ecclesiastes viii. 1 1 ; Job 
xxiii. 3-4. 

November 28. — At home; Mr. Lee and Mr. Strang here. 

November 29. — At home; Burgis getting . 

November 30. — Robert Lee here ; paid him 8/. 

December 1. — Laying hearth ; rain in the afternoon. 

December 2. — Clear and pleasant. 

December 3. — Studying &c &c. 

December 4. — Preached at Peekskill, Acts xx. 31 ; farewell ser- 
mon ; in the evening at Samuel Birdsall's, John iv. 23. 

December 5. — Rode to Collaberg, married Robert Gifford and 
Leah Lent. 

December 6. — Killing hogs &c &c; St. John set off for New 
York. 

December 7. — Salting pork and beef. 

December 8. — At home; cold weather. 

December 9. — At home; ditto. 

December 10. — More pleasant weather; unwell, studying. 

December 11. — Preached at Yorktown, James i. 17; in the even- 
ing, Matthew v. 3 (unwell). 

December 12. — Snowy day; rode to Esq r Garrison's; preached 
1 Corinthians xii. ; church meeting. 

December 13. — Rode to Joshua Drake's [and] J. Highat's. 

December 14. — At home; cold day. 

December 15. — Rode to Collaberg; to Dr. White's. 245 

245 Dr. Ebenezer White, son of the Rev. Sylvanus White, who for fifty years was 
the pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Southampton, Long Island, born at 
Southampton, 3 September, 1746; died at Yorktown, 8 March, 1827. He married, 
19 March, 1772, Helena, daughter of Theophilus Barton by his wife Bathsheba Pell, 
who survived him. He was a surgeon in the New York militia in the Revolution. 
Their children were : 

1. Catharine White, born 30 May, 1773 ; died 30 December, 1832, married 
Samuel Strang, M.D., of Peekskill, born 18 November, 1768; died 1 Janu- 
ary, 1832 ; both buried in the Presbyterian church-yard at Peekskill. 

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December 16. — At home, sore arm. 

December 17. — Studying &c. 

December 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Galatians vi. 4; in the 
evening John xv. 5 ; unwell ; sore arm. 

December 19. — At home etc. 

December 20. — At home; not able to go to Collaberg to preach, 
according to agreement. 

December 21. — At home, reading &c. 

December 22. — At home, ditto. 

December 23. — Sore arm; quite laid by; at home. 

December 24. — At home. 

December 25. — Preached at my house, not able to go to meeting- 
house, Luke ii. (Glory to God). 

December 26. — At home; sick with sore arm and fever. 

December 27. — Ditto 28 ditto. 

December 29. — Some better (reading). 

December 30. — Mr. Hanna here. 

December 31. — At home reading, studying. So ends the year. 
God's name be blessed forever more. 

2. Barton W. White, M.D., born 7 November, 1776; died at Fishkill, 12 De- 

cember, 1862. He represented his district in Congress and was for sixty- 
two years the beloved physician of a large community. He married Ann 
Schenck. 

3. Ebenezer White, M.D., born 13 June, 1779; married 8 April, 1800, Amy 

Green; lived in Somers, where he practised medicine. He was many years 
surrogate of Westchester County. He died 21 March, 1865. 

4. Henry White, M.D., born 31 August, 1781 ; died 5 November, 1857; married 

(1), 20 March, 1805, Sarah Constant, born 8 September, 1785; died 20 
June, 1806; married (2) Mary Belcher, born 1789; died 17 November, 

1873. 

5. Lewis White, born at Yorktown, 31 December, 1784; died at Peoria, Illinois, 

8 September, 1836; married Amelia Raymond. 

6. James White, born 19 April, 1787; died 12 March, 1850; married, 29 October, 

1807, Sarah Bedell, or Bedle (see note 239). 

7. Theodosius White, born 7 December, 1789, probably the " child," baptized 

15 September, 1790; died 27 July, 1885; married Philena Wright. 

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1792 

January 1. — O God of my Salvation, thou hast in a measure 
restored me to health ; perfect thy goodness to a worm and make me 
fruitful this year, and give me much grace! preached at my house; 
unable to go to the meeting house. Ecclesiastes xii. last. 

January 2. — At home; reading &c. 

January 3. — Mr. Hanna here &c. 

January 4. — Unable to go to Salem to Presbytery. Presbytery 
second Tuesday in May, at Mr. Townley's. 

January 5. — Still at home by the fire side; reading etc; no sleigh- 
ing the week past ; paid the 2£ 9- etc. 

January 6. — At home, reading &c. 

January 7. — Studying, reading &c. 

January 8. — Preached Luke xv. at my house, in the evening 2 
Timothy ii. 1. 

January 9. — Clear and cold, no sleighing; went to see Mrs. 
Purdy. 

January 10. — Helped get wood; Mrs. Purdy came here sick. 

January 11. — At Major Strang's. 

January 12. — Rode to Collaberg; preached at Mr. Kinsey's John 
i. 12 ; snow in the night. 

January 13. — Rode home. 

January 14. — Clear and cold, good sleighing. 

January 15. — Preached at Yorktown, John i. 18; in the evening, 
Isaiah xxxii. 8; good sleighing. 

January 16. — Pleasant morning; at home. 

January 17. — At Stephen Horton's; married Gilbert Haviland 
and Phebe Wright. 

January 18. — At C. Carman's and C. Purdy 's. 

January 19. — Snow last night, blows high to-day; rode to Solo- 
mon Haws's; married Stephen Curry and [Anna Vail]. 

January 20. — Fire in my study ; Witter here making shoes. 

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January 21. — Fast day, church meeting &c; very cold day, meet- 
ing at Mr. Lee's. 

January 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxxxi. 9-10; admin- 
istered the Sacrament; in the evening, 1 Peter i. 12; very cold 
weather. 

January 23. — Clear and cold morning. 

January 24. — Cold weather; at Capt. Strang's. 

January 25. — Library meeting at Frost's. 

January 26. — Clear and cold. 

January 27. — At Esq r Duzenbury's ; preached Luke i. ; baptized 
William D's. children; in the evening at Esq r Garrison's, John i. 

January 28. — Rode home, studying. 

January 29. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke vii. 9; in the even- 
ing at Highat Lane's, Luke xii. 32. O, may God's presence be 
with us. 

January 30. — At Deacon Knap's. 

January 31. — Esq r Garrison at my house; library meeting at 
Frost's. 

February 1. — At Dr. White's [and] D. Travis's. 

February 2. — Married Elisha Bloomer and Phany Travis. 

February 3. — Jonathan Travis drawing wood. 

February 4. — Rode to the Peekskill ; staid at R. Curry's. 

February 5. — Preached at Peekskill, Acts x. 1-2; in the evening 
at Joseph Travis's, Acts iii. 

February 6. — Preached at Mr. McCoy's, James iii. 17 — " Wisdom 
from above." 

February 7. — Rode to Red Mills, church meeting; snow deep. 

February 8. — At home; married Coles Hilliker and Hannah 
Griffin. 

February 9. — Set off for New York; staid at King's Bridge, [at] 
Dyckman's. 

February 10. — Rode into New York; bought books. 

February 11. — Rode home; cold weather. 

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February 12. — Preached at Yorktown. 

February 13. — Rode to Peekskill; married Joseph Travis and 
Betty Lyon [also] Justus and Mary Conklin. 

February 14. — Rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's; preached Romans 
viii. 6. 

February 15.— At home; reading; preached at Highat Lane's, a 
funeral sermon. 

February 16. — At home; reading etc. 

February 17. — Rode to William Beadle's, preached Romans viii. 6; 
staid all night ; Joseph from Collaberg. 

February 18. — Rode home; cold weather; Jonathan Travis haul- 
ing wood. 

February 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans xii. 1 ; in the even- 
ing Hebrews iv. 11. 

February 20. — Pleasant weather, at home. 

February 21. — Rode to Daniel Horton's [and] Fowler's. 

February 22. — Rode to Peekskill, at Levinus's, married James 
Hyatt and Judy Levinus ; rode home. 

February 23. — Cloudy morning; at Capt. Purdy's; carting tim- 
ber in woods. 

February 24. — Preached funeral sermon of Mrs. Hunt ; studying, 
Mr. Lee here. 

February 25. — Preached at Peekskill in Baptist meeting house, 
Luke ii. 10; at church, Ephesians iv. 18; rode home, married John 
Bishop and Mary Dickeson. 

February 26. — Rainy morning; at home. 

February 27. — Warm, thawy weather; at widow Knap's. 

February 28. — At home. 

February 29. — Reading ; studying &c. 

March 1. — Rode to Benjamin Taylor's; preached Hebrews xii. 
28. 

March 3. — Studying &c. &c. Mr. Lewis came here. 

March 4. — Preached at Red Mills, Luke ii. 10. 

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March 5. — Rainy day, Mr. Lewis gone home. 

March 6. — Rode to John Likely's, preached John vi. 44 ; at Jesse 
Owens's, Hebrews xii. 28. 

March 7. — Rode home; tapped maple trees; at Carman's, [at] 
Capt. Purdy's; very muddy. 

March 8. — St. John set off for Waterbury. 

March 9. — At home ; warm day. 

March 10. — Very rainy day; preached funeral sermon at Joseph 
Fowler's ; Mrs. Steadin buried. 

March 11. — Preached at Red Mills, 1 Corinthians i. ; administered 
the sacrament ; rode home ; very muddy. 

March 12. — At home, etc. 

March 13. — At home; reading etc. 

March 14. — Rode to Sampson Dyckman's; preached Philippians 
iv. 11-12; staid all night. 

March 15. — Rode home; rode to Robert Wright's; preached 
Romans i. 16; married Jeremiah Mabe and Mary Wright; staid at 
Travis's; snow. 

March 16. — Rode to Cornelius's, and Daniel Mead's. 

March 17. — Studying etc. etc. 

March 18. — Preached at Peekskill, Galatians v. 17; Joshua xv. 1; 
staid at Birdsall's. 

March 19. — Rode home; very muddy; warm. 

March 20. — At home; W. Lane carting wood. 

March 21. — Went into the woods for cart tongue. 

March 22. — Rode to John Sherwood's ; 246 married Joshua Strang 
and Rebecca Sherwood; reckoned with Ingersoll and found due to 
me £1-10-6, exclusive of salary. 

March 23. — At home; reading &c. &c. 

March 24. — Studying &c. 

244 John Sherwood had married Phebe, the daughter of Richard Curry (see 
note 172). Joshua Strang was a son of Francis Strang, by his wife Elizabeth 
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March 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 7; Ephesians 
iv. 26. 

March 26. — At home ; reading ; Robert Lee here. 

March 27. — At Esq r Lane's, &c. 

March 28. — At home; studying. 

March 29. — At Mr. Delancey's, [and] J. Lee's; Mr. Hanna 
here. 

March 30. — Rode to Conrad Miller's ; Mr. Hanna preached ; rode 
home, pleasant weather. 

March 31.— Studying &c. 

April 1. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Ephesians iii. 16-17; rode to 
Dr. Cornelius's, Mr. Lewis preached. 

April 2. — Rode home, pleasant weather. 

April 3. — At home &c; town-meeting. 

April 4. — Rode to the Kill; married Denton Dusenbury and 
Sarah Birdsall. 247 

April 5. — Married Joseph Tanner and Sabrana Persall; at Capt. 
Strang's. 

April 6. — Preached at Esq r Lane's, Philippians iv. 11. 

April 7. — Studying &c. 

April 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Colossians iii. 1 ; Acts xii. 22. 

April 9. — At home, writing letters. 

April 10. — Joseph came home and returned to New York; rode 
to Mr. Sands's, he paid me £5-8-0. 

April 11. — Rode to Hercules Lent's; married Augustus Taylor 

247 Denton Dusenbury, of Peekskill (son of Jarvis Dusenbury by his wife 
Elizabeth Denton, who were married 29 May, 1736), was born 6 October, 1740, 
and died 6 November, 1802. He married, as above, Sarah, daughter of Daniel 
Birdsall, born 6 November, 1758; died 19 May, 1829. Both husband and wife are 
buried in St. Peter's church-yard, Peekskill. The will of Mr. Dusenbury, dated 
I August, 1801, mentioned children Hannah and Daniel, neither of age; and the 
will of his widow, executed 22 May, 1829, named daughter Hannah, wife of Philetus 
Raymond, and their children George W., Charles D., Sarah Maria, and Caroline 
Matilda, all surnamed Raymond. 

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and Elizabeth Lent; and at Capt. Wattles's, married James Heusted 
and Lucy 

April 12. — Rode home; church meeting at the meeting house. 

April 13. — Mending fences, &c &c. 

April 14. — Studying etc. 

April 15. — Preached at Yorktown, John i. 16; clear weather. 

April 16. — At home; sowing oats; reading etc. 

April 17. — Sowing oats etc. 

April 19. — At home; reading, etc. 

April 20. — Studying, etc. 

April 21. — Preached at Yorktown; fast day, Psalms cxix; Thes- 
salonians v. 6. 

April 22. — Preached at Yorktown, John ii. 3; Revelation i. 18; 
administered the Sacrament ; the Lord be blessed for such seasons. 

April 23. — Rode to Peekskill ; [at] J. Dusenbury's; to Havi- 
land's, married Daniel Owens and Polly Haviland ; Livy came here. 

April 24. — Election day ; Mr. Whitney here ; reckoned with him ; 
gardening. 

April 25. — At home, worked at mill room; Mr. Bead[le] paid 
two pounds, ten shilling, 2 pence towards corner lot. 

April 26. — Rainy morning, this day expect to set out for Pleasant 

Valley; married Evans and Secord; rode to Capt. Boyd's; 

staid all night. 

April 27. — Rode to Pleasant Valley, to Joshua Ward's. 

April 28. — Studying for Sabbath &c. 

April 29. — Preached [at] Pleasant Valley, John i. 16; Ephesians 
vi. 16; in the evening at Ostrom's, Psalms cxix. 9. 

April 30. — Preached at Mr. Coons's, 1 Timothy iv. 8; rode to 
Providence, preached Ephesians vi. 

May 1. — Preached at Captain Bouton's, Psalms xc. 1 ; rode to 
Poughkeepsie ; staid &c, at Mr. L's. 

May 2. — Rode to Pleasant Valley; attended presbytery at Mr. 
Ward's. 

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May 3. — Rainy day attended Presbytery, adjourned to Frederick 
Town, at Esq r Patterson's, third Tuesday in September. 

May 4. — Rode to Esq r Van Wyck's ; home, rainy towards night ; 
family well ; God be praised for all his mercies. 

May 5. — Cloudy morning; studying &c. 

May 6. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xxxix. 1 ; Mark vi. 12. 

May 7. — Set off for Presbytery ; staid at Russel's. 

May 8. — At Presbytery, White Plains; staid at Tompkins's. 

May 9. — Presbytery at Captain Reed's. 

May 10. — Ditto; rode home; unwell with mumps. 

May 11. — Rode to Red Mills &c; very warm growing season; 
apple trees blossom out. 

May 12. — Very warm; took physic. 

May 13. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians i. 17; Isaiah v. 
20; sick; not able to finish Sermon. 

May 14. — At home; Dr. White to see me. 

May 15. — Took physic &c. 

May 16. — Very rainy day; unwell. 

May 17. — Preached [at] Yorktown to young people, Proverbs iii. 
3 ; married David Hyatt 248 and Cloe Constant. 

248 Nathaniel Hyatt, Jun., son of Captain Nathaniel Hyatt, married Mary Merritt, 
and named in his will of 13 September, 1779, children David, Israel, Milicent, Jane, 
Mary, and Phebe. His widow Mary, in her will, dated 25 February, 1818, named 
son David M., daughter Mary, and son-in-law John Lounsberry. Their children 
were: 

1. Milicent Hyatt, married (1) Abijah Whitney, and (2), in 181 1, John Louns- 

berry. 

2. David M. Hyatt, born 4 September, 1769; died 4 May, 1844; married, as 

above, Chloe, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Constant, born at Waterbury, 
7 July, 1776; died at Yorktown, 28 April, 1853. Both Mr. and Mrs Hyatt 
were buried in the East graveyard at Crompond. Their children were: 

1. Camilla Hyatt, married, 18 February, 1824, James M., son of Jacob 

Nelson by his wife Sarah Mandeville. He was born 22 November, 
1795, and died 24 December, 1839. 

2. Silas Constant Hyatt ; buried in East graveyard at Crompond. 

3. Nathaniel Hyatt, married, 6 November, 1822, Juliana Wiley. 

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May 1 8. — Cleared off; feel this morning somewhat better; may- 
God give me strength and grace to improve it for his glory. 

May 19. — Rode to Peekskill; preached Romans xii. ; church 
meeting. 

May 20. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews iv. 13; Proverbs iii. ; 
administered the Sacrament. 

May 21. — Rode home; attended the funeral of Gilbert Travis's 
wife. 

May 22. — Washing sheep; Mr. Marsh came here. 

May 23. — Rode to Red Mills; attended church meeting; rode 
home. 

May 24. — Set off on journey to [the] north, preached [at] High- 
lands, John i. 13. 

May 25. — Rode to Fishkill; preached Proverbs iii. 3; at Capt. 
Griffin's, 249 Mr. Hickox with me. 

May 26. — Rode to Ezekiel Piatt's, preached Proverbs iii. 3. 

4. Adalina Hyatt, born 28 March, 1804 ; died 7 January, 1881 ; mar- 

ried, 21 November, 1821, William S. Lane. 

5. Elizabeth Hyatt, born 1808, died 4 April, 1841 ; married Daniel 

Carpenter, Esq. 

6. Jane Hyatt, married William A. Palmer. 

7. Joseph C. Hyatt, removed to Long Island ; died unmarried. 

8. David Hyatt, died unmarried. 

9. Henry White Hyatt, removed to Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

3. Jane Hyatt, born 22 February, 1770; died 3 April, 1817; married, 2 July, 

1792, St. John Constant (see note 251). 

4. Mary Hyatt, born 24 October, 1772; died 12 June, 1847. 

5. Nathaniel Hyatt, born 1 May, 1776; died 6 October, 1816; married, 20 

December, 1798, Mary, daughter of Hon. Elijah Lee (see note 137). 

6. Phebe Hyatt. 

7. Israel Hyatt, probably died young. 

249 Colonel Jacob Griffin, who died 20 March, 1800, aged sixty-nine years and 
eleven months, and who lies buried in the Rombout, or Presbyterian, church-yard, 
at Fishkill, as does also his wife Ruth, who died 16 August, 1825, aged eighty-nine 
years. He was commissioned, 17 October, 1775, captain of a company of the Second 
Regiment or Rombout Precinct, Dutchess County, militia, and lieutenant-colonel of 
that regiment, 25 June, 1778. 

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May 27. — Rode to Pleasant Valley, preached Romans xii. 1 ; very 
unwell &c. 

May 28. — Rode to Ward's ; sent for Mr. Hickox, at Ward's. 

May 29. — Rode to Hyde Park, Mr. Hickox preached. 

May 30. — At Bouton's, very hot weather. 

May 31. — Rode to Claverack, about forty miles; very hot; staid 
[at] Mr. Dalton's. 

June 1. — Rode to Hudson, [at] Conklin's. 

June 2. — At Kellogg's ; 250 studying. 

June 3. — Preached at Hudson, Ephesians vi. 16; Philippians i. 10. 

June 4. — Rode to Kinderkook; to New Canaan, * * * *. 

June 5. — Rode to Mr. Knapp's ; to New Lebanon. 

June 6. — Rode to see [the] Shakers; to the Pool; to Philips- 
town [in Columbia County] ; to Shermerhorn's ; preached Psalms xci. 

June 7. — Rode to New Stores; to Judge Woodworth's. 

June 8. — Rode to Albany ; to Troy ; preached in the evening, John 
iv. 25, at Mr. Hart's. 

June 9. — Rode to New City; to Waterford; at Van der 
Wercken's; at Col. Crownhoven's. 

June 10. — Preached at Waterford, Ephesians vi. 16; John iv. 24; 
went to New City; preached Psalms xci. 1. 

June 11. — Rode to Stillwater; to Saratoga Springs; at Reuben 
Beebe's. 

June 12. — At the Springs; preached Ephesians vi. 16. 

June 13. — Rode to Stillwater; to Waterford; preached Philip- 
pians i. 10. 

June 14. — Rode to Kinderkook, to Dr. Wells's. 

June 15. — Rode to Hudson; to Conklin's. 

June 16. — Spent forenoon visiting; studying etc; at Kellogg's. 

250 Russell Kellogg, who on 1 March, 1786, was licensed to keep an inn or tavern 
within the limits of the city of Hudson. On 3 June, 1790, for refusing to serve as 
pathmaster, to which office he had lately been appointed, he was fined four pounds. 
(Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Hudson.) 

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June 17. — Preached at Hudson; Revelation iii. 20; Psalms xci. 



conference in the evening. 



June 18 
June 19 
family well 
June 20 
June 21 
June 22 
June 23 
June 24 
1. 

June 25 
June 26 
June 27 
June 28 
June 29 
June 30 
June 31 



111. 



— Rode to Bouton's; to Livingston's, [at] Poughkeepsie. 
— Rode home; Mr. Townley preached at Yorktown; 

God be praised for his great goodness. 
— At home ; hot day ; Esq r Lee here. 
— Boys began to hoe ; took physic ; sick ; cloudy day. 
— Rode to Dyckman's, Peekskill. 
— Studying; rainy afternoon. 
— Preached at Yorktown, Ecclesiastes vii. 29; Hebrews 



— Rainy morning. 

— Society meeting &c. 

— Rode to Red Mills ; church met ; council met, &c. 

— Attended council &c ; rode home. 

— Mowing bushes etc., reading. 

— Studying &c. &c. 

— Studying ; boys clearing turnip yard ; rode to John 
Carman's, Owens's, &c, &c [and] Highat's. 

July 1. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Psalms lviii. 4-5; staid at R. 
Curry's. 

July 2. — Rode home ; married St. John Constant 251 and Jene 
Hyatt. 

251 St. John Constant, eldest child of the Rev. Silas and Amy (Lewis) Constant, 
married, as above, Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Hyatt, by his wife Mary Merritt. 
Mr. Constant served as president of the village of Peekskill, 1828, 1831-32-33; 
supervisor for the town of Cortlandt, 1833; judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 
1806- 1812, 1822; sheriff of Westchester County, 1807-1810, 1811-1814; and he was 
one of the first trustees of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Peekskill, 29 
September, 1813. Constant Avenue, Peekskill, is named for him. His children were : 

1. Lewis Constant, born 26 May, 1793; died 13 August, 1868; married, 4 March, 

1812, Eliza, daughter of Jacob Nelson (see Nelson Family in Appendix) ; 
lived and died at Caldwell's Landing, New York, and had a large family. 

2. Samuel Constant, born 26 May, 1793; died the same day. 

3. Nathaniel Constant, born 15 November, 1795; died 11 May, 1813. 

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July 3. — At home; marriage gifts here. 

July 4. — At home; Mr. Jesse Owens here; paid £2 salary &c. 

July 5. — Rode to Capt. Purdy's; carried yarn &c; at Abraham 
Wright's. 

July 6. — At home ; at Forman's [and] Gilbert's ; Mr. Hanna here. 

July 7. — Studying; preached funeral sermon at John Carman's. 

July 8. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Psalms ex. ; Matthew v. 37. 

July 9. — Cloudy morning ; very dry weather ; harvest almost ripe. 

July 10. — Rode to the Kill ; at Birdsall's; Dusenbury's and John 
Carman's. 

July 11. — At home; began to mow. 

July 12. — At home; at meeting house. 

July 13. — Preached at John Carman's, funeral sermon; child dead. 

July 14. — Sowing buckwheat; fast day, preached Psalms exxii.; 
church meeting. 

July 15. — Preached at Yorktown ; administered the Sacrament. 

July 16. — Preached funeral sermon at Mrs. Brown's. 

July 17. — At home; reading Morse's Geography. 

July 18. — Funeral at Mrs. Chatterton's ; preached [at] Robert 
Weeks's, Romans xiv. 17. 

July 19. — At home; Rich's; etc. 

July 20. — Rode to Peekskill, preached funeral sermon at Brandt's, 
wife dead. 

4. Susan Constant, born 18 October, 1798; died 16 February, 1831. 

5. Joseph Constant, born 7 May, 1801 ; died, unmarried, 21 October, 1864. 

6. Emma Constant, born 5 September, 1803 ; died 9 March, 1888 ; married, 26 

October, 1826, Henry A. Rundle, of Peekskill. 

7. Jane Constant, born 4 July, 1805; died 1 November, 1879; married, 17 April, 

1826, James Birdsall, of Peekskill. 

8. Silas Constant, born 11 November, 1807; died the following day. 

9. St. John Constant, born 24 September, 1809; died at Peekskill, 7 December, 

1843. 
> 10. Silas Constant, born 11 May, 1812; died 23 June, 1885; married, at Peeks- 
kill, 29 May, 1837, Caroline Room Swan, of Brooklyn, and had a large 
family. 

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July 21 



— Studying &c. 



July 22. — Preached at Peekskill, Thessalonians i. 12; John v. 25. 

July 23. — At home, etc. 

July 24. — At home, etc. 

July 25. — Reading, etc. 

July 26. — Haying, etc. 

July 27. — Carting hay. 

July 28. — Studying, etc. 

July 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Proverbs vi. 9; rode to John 
Montross's, preached Ecclesiastes iv. 14; his son dead. 

July 30. — At Rich's ; home etc. 

July 31. — At home. 

August 1. — Getting hay. 

August 2. — Rode to John Likely's ; preached John x. 27 ; rode to 
John Horton's, Hall's. 

August 3. — Rode to Sellick's; home; stacking hay. 

August 4. — Studying, &c. 

August 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews vi. 18; 1 Tim- 
othy i. 8. 

August 6. — Cloudy and some rain ; St. John mowing meadow by 
barn ; sore eyes. 

August 7. — Raking oats ; Lane's cows to pasture about this time. 

August 8. — Rode to West Society, &c; staid at Capt. Brown's. 252 

252 Hackaliah Brown, whose son Nathan and daughter Ann were baptized 13 
March, 1757, by the Rev. Ebenezer Knibloe, of the West Society of Philipse Pre- 
cinct, now Carmel. He was born 20 August, 1727, and died 22 May, 1813; his wife 
Abigail, daughter of Ezekiel Halstead, of Rye, was born in 1734, and died in August, 
1807. Under date of 17 June, 1760, Hackaliah Brown, of Rye, gentleman, conveyed 
to his eldest son, Hackaliah Brown, certain lands in what is now the town of Somers, 
" being in the northernmost part of the manor of Cortlandt, bounded north by the 
dividing line of Dutchess and Westchester, to the line of Philipse upper patent." 
He resided near the present Croton Falls, on the west side of the road leading to 
Lake Mahopac. His children were : 

I. Ann Brown, born 28 October, 1754; died July, 1804; married James Bailey, 
born 2y October, 1747; died at Somers, 13 November, 1826. 

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August 9. — Rode home ; raking hay. 

August 10. — Finished haying, &c. 

August 11. — Studying etc; preached at * * * * *. 

August 12. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke x. 21; Jeremiah xxiii. 
23-4 ; hot day. 

August 13. — At home; at Scudder's, [and] D r White's. 

August 14. — Set up still. 

August 15. — At home; married Daniel Knap and Jane Lee. 

August 16. — Reading, etc; married Gilbert Hart and Sarah 
Woolsey. 

August 17. — Worked at cutting bushes. 

August 18. — Scudder worked here; studying &c. 

August 19. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Corinthians v. 17; vi. 1. 

August 20. — Cutting bushes in the forenoon; Mr. Joseph Owen 
here; appointed to preach at Bedford, first Tuesday in September. 

August 21. — At home etc, at Dr. White's. 

August 22. — Rode to Collaburgh &c; at James Mandeville's, 
preached Proverbs xxvii. 1 ; his child dead. 

2. Nathan Brown, born 24 August, 1756; died March, 1814; called brother-in- 

law in, and made executor of, the will of George J. Brinkerhoff. 

3. Mary Brown, born 22 June, 1758; died 25 August, 1809; married (1) 

Edmund Palmer; (2) The Hon. Elijah Lee, of Yorktown. 

4. Aner Brown, born 16 July, 1760; died 7 April, 1807; married Dr. Crane. 

5. Abigail Brown, born 15 January, 1762; died 20 April, 1828; married Colonel 

John Odell, of Greenburgh. 

6. Susanna Brown, born 15 December, 1763; married, 22 November, 1787, 

George J. Brinkerhoff, of Fishkill. His will of 23 March, 1792, proved 26 
October following, made bequests to wife Susanna and daughters Sarah 
and Elizabeth, and constituted his uncle George Y. Brinkerhoff and his 
brother-in-law Nathan Brown executors. According to Bolton, Susanna 
Brown married John Titus, which may have been a later marriage. 
7- Stephen Brown, born 10 July, 1766. 

8. Esther Brown, born 8 April, 1768; died 16 April, 1798. 

9. Sarah Brown, born 1 June, 1772; married Jonathan Ward. 

10. Lewis Brown, born 12 May, I776; died 3 March, 1830; married Clarissa 
Cliff. 

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August 23. — Married Thomas Wildey 253 and Nancy Smith; 
preached at the meeting house, Proverbs xxi. 10-11. 

August 24. — Rode to John Strang's, Esq r Lane's; W. Brewer's, 
and Henry Carman's. 

August 25. — Studying; boys carting stone. 

August 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews xii. 14; Joshua 
xiii. 1; hard cold; sore throat. 

August 27. — Rainy morning ; set off for New York ; aboard boat. 

August 28. — Aboard boat, etc. 

August 29. — In New York ; trading &c. 

August 30. — Ditto. 

August 31. — Set off for home; fair winds; landed at Peekskill; 
staid at Birdsall's. 

September 1. — Saturday — came from New York. 

September 2. — Preached at Peekskill, Matthew xiii. 18; Song of 
Solomon iii. 6. 

253 Thomas Wildey, of Philipsburgh, executed his will 7 October, 1776, proved 
5 July, 1778, by which he made bequests to the children named below. He mar- 
ried (1) Sarah, daughter of Jacob Griffin, of White Plains, and (2) Judith Griffin, 
sister of Sarah. By his first marriage he had : 

1. Griffin Wildey. 

2. Joseph Wildey, married 2 March, 1774, Aeltje Mertlen. His will was dated 

2 March, 1774, and proved 25 July, 1778. 

3. Jacob Wildey, married Angelica Ecker. 

4. Elizabeth Wildey, married Captain George Comb. He was born in 1742, and 

died 2 May, 1827. 

5. Nencia Ann Wildey, born 28 January, 1739; died 3 October, 1814; married, 

1 February, 1755, Colonel James Hammond. He died 26 July, 1810, in his 
eighty-third year. 
Children by second marriage: 

6. Caleb Wildey, married Deborah Mekeel. 

7. Thomas Wildey, born 11 April, 1768; died 2 February, 1849; married, as 

above, Nancy Smith, born 15 February, 1773; died 2 August, 1838 (see 
note 135). Both buried in Shrub Oak Cemetery, near Lake Mohegan. 

8. John Wildey. 

9. Sarah Wildey, married Jasper Odell. 
10. Cornelia Wildey. 

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September 3. — Went to the Landing, &c. 

September 4. — Rode to Bedford; preached Ephesians vi. 16. 

September 5. — Preached at Mr. Tyler's, Proverbs iii. 3; at Walter 
Ward's, preached Song of Solomon iii. 6 ; rode home. 

September 6. — At Henry Lane's ; Library day. 

September 7. — At Mrs. Delancey's, &c. 

September 8. — Studying &c. 

September 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah vi. 10. 

September 10. — Trustees here. 

September 11. — Rode to Capt. Strang's, [and] H. Fowler's. 

September 12. — At Capt. Carman's, &c. 

September 13. — Rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's; preached Luke 
ii. 21 ; at John Carman's in the evening, Luke ii. 21. 

September 14. — Rode to Felt's; Hart's; Knapp's. 

September 15. — At home; studying; etc. 

September 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah i. 24. 

September 17. — At home, etc. 

September 18. — Reading, etc. 

September 19. — Trustees here. 

September 21. — At home; boys sowing. 

September 22. — Studying, etc. 

September 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah xi. 10; Matthew 
xi. 15. 

September 24. — At home, etc. 

September 25. — Presbytery sat here. 

September 26. — Ditto. 

September 27. — Ditto ; adjourned to New Fairfield, second Tues- 
day in May. 

September 28. — At home; unwell. 

September 29. — Studying &c. preached funeral [sermon] at Capt. 
Paulding's ; child dead. 

September 30. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah xviii. 34, Corin- 
thians xii. 13. 

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October i.- 


-Worked at new ground and sowing-. 


October 2- 


-Finished sowing new ground ; cool weather. 


October 3- 


-Church meeting at Jesse Owens's; preached Psalms 


xxxvii. 3. 




October 4.- 


—At home, or at Captain Highat's. 


October 5.- 


-At home ; &c. 


October 6.- 


—Studying; &c. 


October 7.- 


—Preached at YorktoWn, 2 Kings xix. 


October S.- 


-At home ; &c. 


October 9.- 


—Rode to Dyckman's. 


October 10. 


— At home ; &c. 



October 1 1 . — At home ; &c. 

October 12. — Rode to Mead's; preached Psalms lxx. 5; in the 
evening at W. Beagle's, Psalms xxxvii. 3. 

October 13. — Rode home; rainy. 

October 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms lxx. 5; Micha iii. 6. 

October 15. — Rode home; some rain. 

October 16. — St. John sowing buckwheat stubble. 

October 17. — Ditto; at Jonathan Travis's. 

October 18. — Stilling, &c. 

October 19. — At home; &c. 

October 20. — Studying &c ; fast day. 

October 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts iv. 34; administered 
the Sacrament; church meeting. 

October 22. — At home ; &c. 

October 23, 24, 25, 26. — Studying. 

October 27. — Studying. 

October 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation xxii. 17; John 
ix. 30. 

October 29. — Set off for Presbytery ; staid at Lomaree's. 

October 30. — Rode to Parsippany ; attended Presbytery, &c. 

October 31. — Attended Presbytery. 

November 1. — Attended Presbytery. 



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November 2. — Set off for home ; at Kakiat. 

November 3. — Rode to Peekskill. 

November 4. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Galatians iii. 10; Ephe- 
sians iii. 16-17-18. 

November 5. — At home; family well; God be praised for his 
goodness. 

November 6. — Making metheglin, &c. 

November 7. — At home, &c. 

November 8. — Mr. Lewis here ; went home. 

November 10. — Studying. 

November 11. — Preached at Yorktown. 

November 12. — At home; worked some. 

November 13. — Joseph went to York. 

November 14. — Conference here in the evening. 

November 16. — At Esq 1 " Lane's; Mr. Crosby preached; married 
Seth Whitney 254 and Betty [Elizabeth] Strang. 

November 17. — Studying, &c. &c. 

November 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs xiv. 18; Mr. 
Crosby preached in the afternoon. 

November 19. — At home; Mr. Townley here; rainy night. 

November 20. — At Capt. Purdy's; preached in the evening; 
Colossians iii. 4; staid all night. 

November 21. — Rode to Mr. Vial's; married John Lounsbury 255 

264 See note 152. 

255 Isaac Lounsbury, of the South Precinct of Dutchess County, now Putnam 
County, had the following children, a record of whose births was made on a blank 
leaf in a copy of the writings of George Fox: 1. Sarah Lounsbury, born 2 March, 
1762. 2. Robert Lounsbury, born 27 August, 1766. 3. Isaac Lounsbury, born 23 
April, 1768. 4. John Lounsbury, born 18 January, 1770. 5. Samuel Lounsbury, 
born 10 February, 1772. 6. Thomas Lounsbury, born 5 March, 1774. 7. Hannah 
Lounsbury, born 23 January, 1776. 8. Deborah Lounsbury, born 18 April, 1780. 
Q. Joshua Lounsbury, born 23 July, 1784. (New York Genealogical and Biographi- 
cal Record, xviii.) Of these, John Lounsbury married as above; Robert Lounsbury 
married, 3 August, 1794, Rachel Lent; and Joshua Lounsbury married, in 1813, 
Lydia, daughter of Eliakim Wardell. 

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and Tamer Vial; rode to Capt. Hadden's; married Stephen Crane 
and Sarah Hadden. 256 

November 22. — At home; making bee house. 

November 23. — Studying; snow all day. 

November 24. — Windy ; snow blows ; rode to Peekskill ; staid at 
Jones's. 

November 25. — Preached at Peekskill; administered the Sacra- 
ment ; rode to John Carman's. 

November 26. — Rode home; killed cow. 

November 27. — Killed hogs; &c. 

November 28. — Boys set off to Waterbury ; killed shote &c ; rainy 
night. 

November 29. — At home ; pleasant day. 

November 30. — At home ; getting wood ; sowing *****. cov- 



ering apples &c 
December 1 
December 2 
December 3 

Dickerson. 

December 4 
December 5 
December 6 
December 7 
December 8 
December 9 



very weary. 
— Studying, &c. &c. 

— Preached at Yorktown, John xvi. 33 ; Acts ii. 
— Set up still; cold day; oxen and cart for 



Pleasant day; stilling &c. 
— Boys returned from Waterbury, brought sheep. 
— At home; library meeting; snowy evening. 
— At widow Highat's, &c. 
— Studying &c. ; pleasant day. 
— Preached at Yorktown, John vii. 17. 
December 10. — Mr. Lewis here. 

December 11. — Mr. Lewis went from here &c; walked to Major 
Strang's; [to] Rich's. 

December 12. — Preached in the evening at Highet Lane's, 
Romans v. 2. 

December 13. — Married Drake Conkling and Esther Knapp. 

858 See note 180. 
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December 14. — Snowy day; rode to Esq 1 " Dusenbury's; preached 
in the evening at Esq r Garrison's, Colossians iii. 4. 

December 15. — At Drake's; S.Curry's; R.Curry's. 

December 16. — Preached [at] R. Curry's, John ii. ; in the even- 
ing at Mr. Birdsall's; Proverbs iii. 3. 

December 17. — Rode home; pleasant weather. 

December 18. — Joseph set off for New York. 

December 19. — Rode to Jesse Owens's; [to] Mr. Jones's; 257 
trustees of Peekskill met, &c. &c. 

December 20. — Killed hogs ; some few people cutting wood ; rode 
to Williams's over Croton ; married Henry Banker and Anna Maybe. 

December 21. — At home; salting meat; Abijah Horton making 
book-case; at Mrs. Purdy's. 

December 22. — Snow ; in study &c. 

December 23. — Preached at Yorktown; in the evening John vii. 
17; married John Brown and Rachel Travis. 

December 24. — Rode to John Likely's ; preached Luke ii. 3 ; at 
Esq 1 " Garrison's, Matthew ii. 

December 25. — At Mr. Jones's &c. ; traded at Samuel Jones's, 
3-7-3 ; at Mrs. Lee's talking with Mrs. Budd &c. 

December 26. — At Mrs. Budd's &c. 

December 27. — At home, &c. 

December 28. — Studying. 

December 29. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah xvi. 20; in the 
evening, Philippians iv. 13. 

December 30. — At home. 

257 John Jones, born 1 March, 1732 ; died at Peekskill, 19 February, 1808. He 
executed his will 7 March, 1806, and named therein sons Smith, John, and Samuel, 
and daughters Elizabeth, wife of Peter Terril, Martha, wife of Jabez Smith, Sarah, 
wife of Henry Hall, Phebe, wife of Joseph Jones, and Susanna, wife of Caleb Ward. 
Mr. Jones's first wife, Sarah, died 31 December, 1770, aged thirty-four years. His 
second wife, Rachel, born 16 April, 1731, died 18 October, 1807. He and his wives 
are buried in the Van Cortlandt, or St. Peter's, graveyard, at Peekskill. His son 
Smith and daughters Phebe and Susanna are elsewhere noted. 

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1793 

January 1. — God be praised for the year. O, for grace ! Preached 
at meeting, Ecclesiastes iii. 11. 

January 2. — Married Edmond Perry and Esther Travis. 

January 3. — Trustees met here. 

January 4. — Rode to David Bedle's ; 258 preached Philippians iii. 
3 ; rainy night. 

January 5. — Studying, &c. 

January 6. — Preached at Yorktown — Shall a man make God; 
[in the] evening, . 

January 7. — At Isaac Fowler's; [at] Strang's; to talk with Mrs. 
Budd ; at Mrs. Lee's. 

January 8. — Trustees met here. 

January 9. — Conference [at] Ingersoll's. 

January 10. — Trustees met here; married William Lewis and 
Mary Miller. 

January 11. — At Mrs. Brewer's; preached [at] Henry Carman's 
Luke xiv. 

January 12. — At home, studying &c. 

January 13. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John xv. 9-10-11; in the 
evening, Luke xiv. 

January 14. — At Spock's; received one dollar of him. 

January 15. — At work in woods; very warm weather, birth day. 

January 16. — Warm rainy weather. 

January 17. — Trustees to meet here; Dr. White came &c. 

January 18. — Rode to Major Lyon's; 259 preached [at] funeral; 

258 David Bedle, of Somers, son of Ephraim Bedle, of Yorktown (see note 141), 
married, 30 April, 1788, Milicent, daughter of Captain Daniel Wright. His will, 
proved 23 June, 1848, named great-grandchildren William and Elizabeth, the chil- 
dren of James W. Bedle and Milicent, daughter of Joseph Knapp. 

260 Major Samuel Lyon, of North Castle, commissioned major of the West Ches- 
ter regiment of Minute Men, 22 February, 1776. His wife was Mary Lounsberry. 
He died 23 January, 1819, aged seventy-one years, eight months, and nine days. 

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his wife dead; preached 2 Corinthians iv. 8; rode home; very- 
warm day. 

January 19. — Studying; warm weather; no snow. 

January 20. — Preached at Yorktown; Psalms xii. 6; muddy 
weather. 

January 21. — At Mrs. Budd's; Dr. White's &c. 

January 22. — Election Day. 

January 23. — Mr. Fowler preached at the meeting house ; married 
Gilbert Bishop and Hannah Carman ; John Hill and Phebe Smith. 

January 24. — Moderate weather; Thomas breaking flax; boys 
dressing. 

January 25. — Rode to States Dykman's; 260 preached 2 Corin- 
thians iv. 18; staid at Mr. Fowler's. 

January 26. — Visiting &c. 

January 27. — Preached at Peekskill; Proverbs xvi. 19; in the 
evening at J. Travis's, 2 Peter iii. 1 1 ; snow. 

January 28. — Warm and pleasant; paid Solomon Smith £1 — 4 — o. 

January 29. — At home ; at Frost's ; preached at Captain Hadden's 
2 Corinthians iv. 18. 

January 30. — At home ; &c. 

January 31. — Rode to Captain Strang's with Mrs. Constant; cold. 

February 1. — St. John rode to Peekskill; got cloth for my coat at 
D. B's ; getting wood ; &c. &c. 

February 2. — Studying &c. 

February 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Ecclesiastes xii. 13; [in the] 
evening, Proverbs xxviii. 14. 

290 Staats Morris Dyckman, the fifth son of Jacobus Dyckman by his wife Mar- 
garet Post, whose gravestone in the Dyckman burial-ground, near the north end of 
Manhattan Island, bears kindly witness to his life: "His manners were polite, his 
taste refined, his conjugal love was pure, his parental strong. His hospitality sprang 
from benevolence, his charity from feeling and a sense of duty. Highly esteemed 
in life, he was sincerely lamented in death." He died 14 August, 1806, aged fifty- 
one years. His wife Eliza, a granc 1 daughter of Captain Pete- Corne, died 20 June, 
I 823, aged forty-seven years. Their son, Peter Corne Dyckman, died 20 April, 1824. 

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February 4. — Set off for New York; rode to Mr. Townley's; he 
not at home ; staid all night. 

February 5. — Rode into New York; very pleasant; paid Ama- 
ziah Dusenbury £2-8-0 for Joseph's board ; all he demands. 

February 6. — Rainy day; finished my business; rode out of town 
to John Mandeville's ; staid all night. 

February 7. — Cold day; rode home; family well; blessed be 
God. 

February 8. — At Henry Lane's, his wife sick; studying. 

February 9. — In study, &c. &c. fast; preached at the meeting- 
house, Isaiah lxiii. 12; church meeting. 

February 10. — Preached at Yorktown; administered the Sacra- 
ment; preached in the evening, Job xi. 13-14-15. 

February 11. — At Henry Lane's; his wife sick; Shepherd here; 
at Capt. Highat's. 

February 12. — At home; sore hands; snow. 

February 13. — Snow deep; continuing &c. 

February 14. — Cleared off; rode to Mr. Haviland's; married 
Daniel Jones and Priscilla Merritt ; singing meeting here. 

February 15. — Clear and cold; carried away gammon? 

February 16. — Studying. 

February 17. — Very rainy day, no meeting except at my house, 
prayer &c. 

February 18. — Cleared off warm. 

February 19. — Warm; at home. 

February 21. — At W. Beadle's, Fowler's &c. 

February 22. — People getting wood ; at John Strang's ; preached 
in the evening John xv. 1-2 ; staid all night. 

February 23. — Rode home; cold day; studying &c. 

February 24. — Very rainy day; did not go to Peekskill; people 
met here at my house; preached 2 Peter i. 4. 

February 25. — At Mr. J. Fowler's; Mrs. Delancey here; cold, 
cloudy day ; snow in the evening. 

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February 26. — Cloudy and some storm; sore eyes; at Peekskill; 
bought fish ; reckoned with Travis. 

February 27. — Married Mical Vandervoort and Rebecca Whi- 
ting; Mr. Lewis came to see me. 

March 1. — At home. 

March 2. — Married Andrew Miller and Hannah Chatterton; 
studying. 

March 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Lamentations iii. ; Luke x. 

March 4. — At home, &c. 

March 5. — At home. 

March 7. — Library day; rode to T. Thome's; married Smith 
Lane and Jemima Craft; at O. Sands's, married Samuel Piatt, and 
Patty Sands; staid all night. 

March 8. — Rode home; at Red Mills; church meeting; evening 
preached at Whiting's, Matthew x. 30. 

March 9. — Rode to Salem; at Mr. Lewis's. 

March 10. — Preached [at the] Academy, Lamentations iii. John 
iv. 24. 

March 11. — Trustees met &c ; rode home. 

March 12. — At Peekskill; preached [at] James Mandeville's, 
John i. 12; in the evening at Esq r Garrison's, Matthew x. 31. 

March 13. — At Owens's, Dusenbury's &c. 

March 14. — Preached funeral sermon of Esq 1 " Lee's child. 

March 15. — At home. 

March 16. — Studying, reading &c. 

March 17. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John v. 11; Matthew 
xxvii. 22. 

March 18. — At Mr. Fowler's; preached funeral sermon at Lo- 
maree's ; Jenny sick with sore arms. 

March 19. — Pleasant day; reading &c. 

March 20. — At home &c. 

March 21. — At Thomas Carman's, married Ned Sutton and Han- 
nah Carman. 

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March 22. — At Joshua Highat's, preached in the evening. 

March 23. — Studying &c. 

March 24. — Preached at Peekskill, I Timothy vi. 18; in the even- 
ing at Mrs. Cutler's, Matthew x. 30; staid at Mr. Hill's. 

March 25. — At home; very muddy. 

March 26. — Studying, reading &c &c, very rainy in the afternoon. 

March 27. — Worked at wall; new meadow. 

March 28. — At Jeremiah Conkling's; Knap's, etc. 

March 29. — Studying, and other work. 

March 30. — Studying &c. 

March 31. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans viii. 18; 1 John v. 11. 

April 1. — Warm, pleasant weather, at Van Ambler's, Horton's, 
Fowler's, &c. 

April 2. — Town meeting. 

April 3. — Society meeting; Mr. Crosby here. 

April 4. — At Conkling's; widow Moly's, etc. 

April 5. — Church meeting &c. 

April 6. — Studying; warm weather. 

April 7. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Job vii. 1 ; Hebrews xi. 25. 

April 8. — At Mr. Travis's; Joseph from York. 

April 9. — Making brushes &c. 

April 10. — Worked at loom shop &c. 

April 11. — Rode to William Duzenbury's ; 261 preached Ephe- 
sians ii. 8 ; married John Conklin 20>2 and Jane Tompkins. 

281 The branch of the Dusenbury family to which Mr. Constant's entries usually 
refer is known as that of William of Peekskill. William Dusenbury removed from 
Peekskill, some time after the Revolution, to the present town of Putnam Valley, 
where he died 7 November, 1815, aged eighty-four years. His wife, Sarah Lane. 
died .} March, 1821, aged eighty-eight. He was the son of Moses Dusenbury, 
grandson of John Dusenbury, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Mudge, of 
Long Island, and great-grandson of Hendrick Hendricksen Van Doesburg and 
M. untie Hendricks of Haerlem, who were married at New York, 12 June. 1655. 

21,2 John T. Conklin, died at Shrub Oak. 5 January, 1841, aged seventy-seven 
, nine months, one day. His wife was Jane, daughter of Nathaniel Tomp- 
kins, of Putnam Valley. Issue; 

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April £2.- Stud) ing, rain) day. 

April i.v Preached Sacramental lecture al St, John's house; 
church meeting 1 ; administered the Sacrament, 

April 14. — Preached at Ybrktown, Ephesians i. [8, i<>. 20; Mai 
thew viii. 17; married Absalom Travis and Rachel Doolittle, 

April 15. Worked at setting up loom. 

,\pnl t6. Worked at loom; sowing oats. 

April 17. — Ai Mr. Tr.ivis's. [ngersoll's, Mr. Delancey's and Fei 
ris's, running line between Mr. Lee's farm and nunc; conference at 
Nam Carman's; St. John moved. 

April [8. Rain) day; athome; al [Yavis's; conference there. 

April i<). At Mr. Fowler's, etc. 

Apnl 20. Studying, rode to Mr. Curry's. 

Apni 21. Preached a1 Peekskill, Psalms cxli. 8 ; Hebrews xii. 2 ; 
staid at Esq' ( rarrison's, 

April 22. — At J. Carman's [and] Ik tun-; peach trees blossom. 

April 23. — Rode to Peekskill with Mrs. Constant. 

April 24.- Warm, pleasant u ratlin. 

April 25.- -At Mr Travis's 2,i:t who died this day. 

1. Jemima Conklin, died in infancy. 

a, Tamar Conklin, married Horatio Eggleston, 

3. Sarah Conklin. died 33 May, 1870, aged seventj Eoui years, four month: 

4. Vashti Conklin, died 30 September, [887, aged seventy five years, ten months, 

twentj days, She married James Purdy, who died 7 January, 1870, aged 

Sixty lwi> years, nine mouths, ami ten days. 

5. Jane Conklin, married Jeremiah F. Pardee, 

(>. Julia Aim Conklin, married Stephen Wilkins. 

7, Amos Conklin, died i.| February, [895; married Mary McDonald. 

8, Mary ( '. Conklin, died unman ied. 

9, Betsej Conklin, married Gilbert Williams. 

tO John Conklin, died j Noveinher, [866, aged sixtj E0U1 \e.11s. leu inonlhs. 

"David Travis, of Yoikiown, trustee of the Presbyterian Church at Crom 

pond, as early as j January, i;j<). Mis will, exeruled .'(. A.UgUSt, i; - o\ proved 
-' May, I/O.?, made heque ,! . tO SOnS l.aae and Joshua: tO daughters of SOn Justus 

Mead, Levinah Smith, Maty Bishop, Eunice Gurry, and Martha Hains, and to 
Nancy, the daughter of testator's daughter Jemima in addition to these children, 

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April 26. — Lane splitting wood &c; preached funeral sermon at 
Travis's. 

April 27. — Studying &c, northeast wind. 

April 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xix. 1 ; Ecclesiastes 
ix. 10; Joseph Fowler 264 buried. 

April 29. — Dry weather ; fencing peach orchard. 

April 30. — Gardening; rode to Bedford; staid at Joseph Owens's. 

May 1. — Attended Presbytery at Captain Holly's. 

May 2. — Attended Presbytery &c; adjourned to meet at Mr. 
Mead's, Salem, third Wednesday in September next; rode home, at 
Ward Whitney's. 

May 3. — At home, studying &c. ; rainy day. 

May 4. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached at meeting house, Matthew 
xviii. ; church meeting. 

May 5. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians i. 13-14; Matthew 
xxv. 1. 

May 6. — At home &c ; reading. 

May 7. — About domestic [affairs] ; rode to Oliver Secor's ; mar- 
ried James Secor and Deborah Underhill. 

May 8. — At home. 

May 9. — At home ; reading &c. 

May 10. — Studying &c. 

May 11. — Studying. 

May 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews x. 22-23; Galatians 
v. 16. 



he had son Gilbert Travis, who recorded his cattle-mark at Hanover, 25 June, 1765. 
This latter was also trustee of the Crompond Church, 26 May, 1784. 

264 His gravestone in the Crompond church-yard states that he died 27 April, 
!793> in his sixty-fourth year. He made his will 22 April, 1789, proved 29 May, 1793, 
in which he named wife Hannah, sons Joseph and Jesse, and daughter Elizabeth 
Forman. It was probably his son Joseph, who died 22 May, 1797, whose funeral 
sermon Mr. Constant also preached. Jesse Fowler, son of the first Joseph, died in 
September, 185 1, aged ninety years, five months, and twenty-two days. Jane, his 
wife, died 19 June, 1841, aged seventy-five years, ten months, and eleven days. 

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-Rode to Salem ; staid at Mr. Clapp's. 
. — Rode to New Fairfield; attended presbytery. 
. — Attended Presbytery ; preached John iv. 24. 
. — Rode home; Mrs. Constant very sick; boys planting. 
. — Very dry weather. 
-Studying. 

-Preached at Yorktown. 
. — At home ; reading &c. 
-Mrs. Constant some better. 
-At Mrs. Hart's. 

-At home reading; Mr. Crosby here. 
-At John Lee's. 
. — Studying &c &c. 

. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians xix; Matthew 
xviii; St. John's children born, one of which died; little rain yester- 
day and last night ; very growing this morning. 

May 27. — Hot day ; St. John's child buried ; carting wood &c. 
May 28. — Cool, north-east weather. 
May 29. — Some like for rain ; very dry time. 
May 30. — Rode to John Carman's, preached Psalms xviii. 2. 
May 31. — Making bush fence by the rye. 
June 1 . — Rainy day ; studying. 

June 2. — Rainy morning; preached at Peekskill, Proverbs xxxi. 2. 
June 3. — At home &c; strawberries ripe. 

June 4. — Rode to [the] Kill; at Baptist meeting house ; reckoned 
with Mr. Jones. 

June 5. — At home, worked at garden &c. 

June 6. — Rode to Dr. Cornelius's ; church meeting ; married Ben- 
jamin Devoo and Letitia Holmes. 

June 7. — Clear and warm ; at home, reading &c. 
June 8. — Reading ; studying &c. 

June 9. — Preached at Red Mills; administered the Sacrament; 
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June 10. — At home &c; reading &c. 

June ii. — At home, reading. 

June 15. — Rode to Mrs. Crosby's; preached funeral sermon, Mat- 
thew iii. 2 ; rode home. 

June 16. — Preached at Kill. 

June 17. — Rode to Danbury. 

June 18. — AtWaterbury; friends well. 

June 19. — At Mr. Fowler's. 

June 20. — At Esq r Lewis's &c. 

June 21. — Rainy day, so could not set off for home. 

June 22. — Set off for home &c; rode to Mr. Haight's; unwell. 

June 23. — Rode to Yorktown, preached ; Joseph came home from 
York. 

June 24. — At home; unwell for some days. 

June 25. — Reading, writing &c. 

June 26. — Ditto. 

June 28. — Studying, reading &c &c. 

June 29. — Studying &c. 

June 30. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew viii. 1 1 ; Timothy iii. 5. 

July 1. — Joseph went to Salem. 

July 2. — At home &c; worked in the garden; rode to Jesse 
Owens's, [and] to Mr. Hubbel's, [and] reckoned with the former &c. 

July 3. — At home, studying &c. 

July 4. — Studying &c; at widow Folbe's. 

July 5. — At home; studying. 

July 6. — Preached at meeting house ; church meeting &c. 

July 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews x. 12; Psalms xvi. 20. 
Sacrament Day, &c. O, may God add his blessing with his word and 
ordinances. 

July 8. — Fine growing time. 

July 9-12. — Reading &c. 

July 13. — Studying &c. 

July 14. — Preached at Peekskill ; rode home. 



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July 15. — At home; reading &c. 

July 16. — Rode to Abraham Lent's; married John Lent and 
Elizabeth Westcoat. 

July 1 7. — At home &c. 

July 18.— Ditto. 

July 20. — Studying. 

July 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians ii. 13, Psalms 
cxxv. 5. 

July 22. — Began to mow the meadow on the east side of road. 

July 23. — Raking hay. 

July 24. — Raking hay &c ; very hot. 

July 25. — Mr. Holmes and Mr. Crosby here; staid all night. 

July 26. — Raking hay [in] east meadow. 

July 27. — Stacking hay in the forenoon ; studying &c. 

July 28. — Preached at Peekskill, Titus ii. 11-12; Ecclesiastes iv. 
6; at Henry Lent's, 1 Timothy iv. 8; staid at Mr. Birdsall's. 

July 29. — At Travis's, Hill's, Weeks's, Hait's and Brown's; Mr. 
Marsh came here, at Esq* Lee's. 

July 30. — At home &c. ; Mr. Marsh 265 preached at meeting house. 

July 31. — Quarterly meeting here &c. ; adjourned to January sec- 
ond Tuesday at Mr. Townley's. 

August 1. — Ministers went home; stacking hay. 



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August 8 
August 9 



— Taking up flax ; binding up oats &c &c. 

— Studying &c. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah xcvi. 10. 

— At home ; worked at oats &c, flax &c. 

— Worked at hay. t 

—Ditto. 

— Rainy weather; very growing season. 



August 10. — Studying &c. 

265 Probably the Rev. Daniel Marsh, who preached at Poughkeepsie and Rom- 
bout, in Dutchess County, and was a fellow-member with Mr. Constant in the 
Associated Presbytery of Westchester. 

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August ii. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 17; Hebrews 
xii. 25. 

August 12. — Writing, &c, preparing for journey. 

August 13. — Rode to Thomas Horton's, [at] Fishkill mountains, 
[preached] 2 Corinthians iv. 18. 

August 14. — Rode to New Paltz, to Benjamin Russel's, preached 
2 Corinthians iv. 18. 

August 15. — Rode to Pleasant Valley, preached John iv. 25; at 
Joseph Sherred's. 

August 16. — Rode to Marbletown, preached Ephesians vi. 16; at 
Henry Broadhead's. 

August 17. — Preached at Mr. Broadhead's, Psalms xci. 1; rode 
to Shokan; [at] Major Hill's. 

August 18. — Preached at Shokan, John i. 12; Matthew x. 30. 

August 19. — Rode to Tongore, preached 2 Peter, last. 

August 20. — At Shandaken 266 preached at Longyear's, Luke xiv. ; 
rode to ? 

August 21. — To Pine Hill Clove [at] Van Waggoner's; preached 
Ephesians vi. 16. — " Hitherto the Lord who hath helped me;" rode 
to Esq r Sands's. 

August 22. — Preached at Esq r Akerly's, John iv. 24. 

August 23. — To Pepacton, [at] James Wilson's, preached Job 
xxiii. 3-4. 

August 24. — To Daniel Wilson Esq r 's, preached Philippians i. 10; 
rode to Mr. Ephraim Waring's. 

August 25. — At Esq r North's, at Walton; 267 preached at meeting 
house John iv. 24; Job xxiii. 13-4. 

268 Shandaken, in the northwestern part of Ulster County. The name is said to 
signify rapid water. The first settlements were made before the Revolution by 
John Longyear, Cornelius Furlought, Conrad Wisner, and others. 

267 In what is now Delaware County. It was named in honor of William Wal- 
ton, who was a large landed proprietor in that district. In 1770 his patent contained 
twenty thousand acres. The first church of Walton was Congregational, and was 
organized in 1793. 

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August 26. — At Walton, preached Ephesians vi. 16; attended 
church meeting. 

August 27. — At Mr. McCall's; 268 preached Psalms xci. 1; [in 
the] evening at Harrow's, Philippians i. 10. 

August 28. — At Esq r *****. preached Hebrews iv. 16; in the 
evening exhorted &c &c. 

August 29. — To New Stamford ; 268b at Silas Knapp's, preached 
John iv. 24. 

August 30. — To Harpersfield, 269 preached Ephesians vi. 16; staid 
at Colonel Harper's. 

August 31. — To Kortright's Pattent, preached at Mr. Closkery's, 
John i. 12. 

September 1. — To New Stamford [on] Lord's day, preached 
Zachariah ii. 7; Job xxiii. 3-5; [at] J. Knapp's. 

September 2. — At New Stamford, visiting. 

September 3. — Preached at Silas Knapp's, Philippians i. 10; in 
the evening church meeting. 

298 Ephraim McCall. 

26sb In Delaware County and called after Stamford in Connecticut, from which 
town, and Fairfield, many of the first settlers came. It later became Stamford. 
The first male child born in the town was John Burr Gould, 16 October, 1792, son 
of Abraham Gould, grandfather of the New York millionaire, Jay Gould, whose 
history of his native county was written before his majority was reached, and was 
published at Roxbury, originally Stamford, Delaware County, 1856. 

269 Also in Delaware County, and named for John Harper, an early propri- 
etor and settler. About 1754 John Harper, his sons William, John, Jr., James, 
Joseph, and Alexander, and seventeen others secured a patent of twenty-two thou- 
sand acres in what was then Tryon County, and which included the present town 
of Harpersfield. John Harper, Sr., is said to have married Abigail Montgomery, 
of Hopkinton. His will, proved 19 December, 1785, however, named wife Rebecca, 
and children William, John, Alexander, Joseph, Abigail, Mary, Margaret, and 
Miriam. His eldest son, William, was a member of the Committee of Safety for 
New York, and of the Provincial Congress ; his son John, above, was made 
colonel of the Fifth Tryon County Regiment before 1777, and the remaining sons 
served with distinction as officers in the Revolution, as did also William McFar- 
land, who married Abigail Harper, and John Moore, who married Mary Harper. 
For further particulars of this service, see New York in the Revolution. 
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September 4. — To Mr. Beer's, preached Hebrews iv. 16. 

September 5. — To Schoharie kill; at Peter Striker's. 

September 6. — Preached at Barnet Striker's; rode to New Dur- 
ham ; at Bela Strong's. 

September 7. — To Deacon Lord's &c. 

September 8. — Preached at New Durham, Ephesians vi. 16; 
Psalms xci. 1 ; [in the] evening, Philippians i. 10. 

September 9. — Hitherto hath the Lord helped me; preached [at] 
Capt. Graham's, Luke xv. 3. 

September 10. — Rode to Greenfield, 270 [at] Mr. Hotchkins's &c. 

September 11. — To Deacon Brown's. 

September 12. — Preached at Mr. Stanton's, Job xxiii. 3-5; rode 
to Baddo's, almost sick with cold. 

September 13. — At Peter Baddo's; conference, exhorted. 

September 14. — To Baltimore, 271 preached in the evening, 1 Tim- 
othy vii. 18. 

September 15. — Preached [at] Baltimore, Ephesians vi. 16; Phil- 
ippians i. 10; at Captain Palmer's, unwell. 

September 16. — Took physic; visiting &c. ; at Mrs. Sullard's. 

September 17. — Rainy morning; God give me thy presence; to 
Coxsackie; to Mr. Derick Spoor's. 

September 18. — Rode to Hudson; to Mr. Kellogg's. 

September 19. — At Claverack; horse shod; rode to Hudson. 

September 20. — At Hudson ; preached in the evening, Hebrews 
iv. 16. 

September 21. — Studying; preached funeral sermon at Mr. 
Nichol's. 

September 22. — At Hudson; [preached] 1 Timothy iv. 8; Zacha- 
riah ii. 7; warm day. 

September 23. — To Hyde Park, at Captain Bouton's, preached 
Philippians i. 10. 

270 Now Greenville, Greene County. 

271 New Baltimore, also in Greene County, originally in the town of Coxsackie. 

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September 24. — To Poughkeepsie ; at Mr. Livingston's; pres- 
bytery. 

September 25. — Attended presbytery &c., presbytery adjourned to 
North Salem, [the] second Tuesday of May next. Philograpical 
Society to meet at Mr. Townley's, the second Tuesday in January. 

September 26. — To Red Mills; Mr. Townley preached; at Mr. 
Johnson's. 

September 27. — Rode home; family well, oh the goodness of God'! 

September 28. — Cool, clear weather ; studying &c &c. 

September 29. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew ; 1 John 

v. 12. 

September 30. — At home; unwell &c &c. 

October 1. — Hard purging. 

October 2. — Dr. Cornelius here ; reading. 

October 3. — Rode to B. Crosby's; married Robert Weeks 272 and 
Hannah Crosby; bloody flux. 

October 4. — At home; unwell. 

October 5. — Studying &c &c. 

October 6. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Timothy vi. 6; 1 John iii. 
23 ; married Isaac Montross and Esther Underwood. 273 

272 Robert Weeks studied medicine with Dr. Elias Cornelius, of Stephentown, 
now Somers, and was graduated at the Medical Department of Columbia College 
in 1792. After his marriage he settled at Carmel, where he practised his profession 
for twenty-two years, and where he died 14 May, 1816, aged forty-four years. He 
was buried in the old Carmel graveyard. His will of 16 February, 1816, with codicil 
of 6 May following, provided for the support of his mother, Jemima Holmes, wife 
Naomi, and children Susan, Emily, James, Edward, and Chauncey. His first wife, 
Hannah Crosby, above, died 18 July, 1795, aged twenty-nine years, and was buried 
with her family near the Presbyterian Church at Red Mills. His youngest son, 
Chauncey R. Weeks, of Carmel, born 12 March, 1812, was a member of the State 
Legislature in 1847 and 1856. He married, 20 December, 1837, Ada, daughter of 
James Raymond, by his wife Julia Smith, born 11 December, 1819, died 10 
May, 1895. 

173 These parties were entered in the separate list of marriages as Isaac Mon- 
tross and Esther Underhill ; Underwood is, however, correct. Issue : Theodorus, 
Abigail, Abraham, Letitia, Hester, Lavinia, John, William, Isaac, and Charlotte. 

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October 7. — Raking buckwheat ; Livy gone home. 

October 8. — At home &c. 

October 9. — In some better state of health. 

October 10. — At home. 

October 11. — Reading; studying &c. 

October 12. — Studying &c; well dug to-day. 

October 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke vi. 45. 

October 14. — At home; thrashing buckwheat. 

October 15. — Ditto; married Stephen Bowne, negro, and Jane. 

October 16. — Rode to Strang's, Sellicks's and Owens's. 

October 17. — At home; winnowing buckwheat. 

October 18. — Studying; &c. 

October 19. — Sacramental lecture [at] Peekskill; church meeting. 

October 20. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians ii. 5 ; John i. ; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament; Joseph came home. 

October 21. — Cool weather; at home; boys gathering corn. 

October 22. — At home picking corn. 

October 23. — Rode to Beadle's [and] Golding's ; 273b married 
David Dingee and Susanna Golding. 

October 24. — Gathering corn; at Mr. Wolsey's [and] D. Knapp's; 
some people at my house; talking on Society matters; Joseph set off 
for Waterbury. 

October 25. — At home &c ; making metheglin. 274 

October 26. — At home ; studying &c. ; preached at the meeting 
house. 

October 27. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians xvi. 22; 
administered the Sacrament; Mr. Lewis and Mr. Benedict here at 
night. 

2T3b Abraham Golding, of Cortlandt. His will, proved 11 January, 181 1, appor- 
tioned his estate to wife Phebe, daughters Abigail, Phebe, Margaret, Charlotte, 
and Susanna Dingee ; sons Joseph and Gilbert, grandson Isaac, son of Joseph 
Golding, and son-in-law Isaac Tweed, Jr. 

274 A fermented drink made of honey, water, and spices. 

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October 28. — Set off for Presbytery; staid at Captain Odel's; 
cold wind. 

October 29. — Rode to New York; staid at Garrison's. 

October 30. — Rode to Parsippany; attended Presbytery; [at] 
Grover's; Mr. Woolsey died to-day. 

October 31. — Attended Presbytery, &c. 

November 1. — Rainy day in fore-noon; rode to Stephen Grover's 
&c, Joseph from Salem and Waterbury. 

November 2. — Rode to the English Neighborhood; [at] Mr. 
Day's. 

November 3. — Preached Philippians i. 10. 

November 4. — Rode home ; family well through Divine goodness. 

November 5. — Cloudy, cool; Joseph set off for York. 

November 6. — At home, &c. 

November 7. — Ditto. 

November 8. — Reading &c. 

November 9. — Studying. 

November 10. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah xlv. 22. 

November 11. — Mr. Morrison here &c 

November 12. — At William Beadle's; preached in the evening, 
Hebrews iv. 16. 

November 13. — Stormy day; rode home. 

November 14. — At home; studying &c. 

November 15. — Preached at Highat Lane's, Hebrews iv. 16. 

November 16. — Studying &c &c. 

November 17. — Preached at Peekskill; in the evening at James 
Mandeville's, 275 Ephesians vi. 16. 

275 James and John Mandeville, referred to by Mr. Constant, were brothers, the 
sons of Cornelius Mandeville, of the Manor of Cortlandt, who, in his will, executed 
24 March, 1768, constituted his cousins Joshua Nelson and Daniel Birdsall his 
executors, and made provision for his wife Rachel and children David, John, 
Nathan, James, Martha, Anne, and Hannah. John Mandeville, born 24 July, 1760, 
died 21 December, 1848, was commissioned, 2J February, 1779, first lieutenant of 
the Westchester County Light-Horse Company, under Captain Samuel Delevan, and 

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November 18. — At McCoy's; at W. Owens's, preached Hebrews 
iv. 16. 

November 19. — At J. Owens's; got great coat; received of Jesse 
Owen £2-10-0. 

November 20. — Married James Hait and Elizabeth Vail. 

November 22. — Reading &c &c. 

November 23. — Studying &c &c. 

November 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms iii. 3 ; in the even- 
ing 2 Peter, last. 

November 25. — Attending to domestics. 

November 26. — At Major Strang's. 

November 27. — Some cutting wood &c. 

November 28. — Rode to Henry Carman's; widow Brewer's, to 
Mr. Serine's; married Benjamin Bee 276 and Emily Derby; to Jacob 
Lent's, married Gilbert Travis Jun r 277 and Sarah Lent. 

James, above, served as private in the Continental troops under Captain Daniel 
Williams. According to James Mandeville's account, taken 23 September, 1845, of 
the surprise at Orser's, in Sing-Sing, by a force of British cavalry, he was sixteen 
years old at the time of the skirmish, 24 January, 1783, and wore the uniform of 
his brother, who was a captain of a Westchester troop of horse and then ill. Both 
John and James Mandeville were innkeepers at Peekskill. The inn of John Mande- 
ville stood on the lot now occupied by the hardware store of S. C. Wilson, Main 
Street. 

276 Benjamin Beyea. 

277 The will of James Travis, of the Manor of Cortlandt, proved 6 March, 1784, 
named wife Phebe and children James, Susanna, Gilbert, Jesse, Phebe, and John. 
The son Gilbert was he of the text. He married (1), 1 November, 1791, Rachel, 
daughter of Jacob Lent. She died 21 May, 1792, and was buried in the Presbyterian 
church-yard at Crompond. He married (2), as above, her sister Sarah, who pre- 
deceased him. He was called Gilbert Travis, Jr., by Mr. Constant, doubtless to 
distinguish him from Gilbert, the son of David Travis (see note 263). He died 
without issue in November, 1848. His will, proved 27 November of that year, made 
provision for his brother Jesse, sister Phebe, the children of his brother John, 
deceased, — viz., Joseph and Elias W. Travis, Pamelia Hallock, Catherine Clement, 
Susanna Cunsicker, Betsey Chew Horton, — and also to nephew Gilbert T. Sutton, 
niece Phebe Cuningham, great-niece Augusta Travis, and great-nephew William 
Travis. His brother Jesse Travis married, 16 January, 1791, Abigail Smith. 

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November 29. — At home &c 

November 30. — Studying &c. 

December 1. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah Hi. 7; in the evening 
at Jesse Owens's, 2 Corinthians ii. 14. 

December 2. — Rode home; trustees here. 

December 3., — Worked at floor of kitchen ; sore eyes. 

December 4. — Snowy day. 

December 5. — Killing hogs; salting meat; library day. 

December 6. — Mending barn. 

December 7. — Studying &c, rainy day. 

December 8. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans viii. 34. 

December 9. — At Mr. Ingersoll's &c. 

December 10. — Getting wood; Mr. Ingersoll helping &c ; Crosby 
here &c, [also] Dr. Cornelius. 

December 1 1 . — At home &c. 

December 12. — Rode to Red Mills; church meeting; Mr. Crosby 
preached Hebrews iv. 16. 

December 13. — At Mrs. Osborn's; [and] Frost's. 

December 14. — Studying &c. 

December 15. — Preached at Yorktown, Daniel ix. 7; [in the] 
evening, Psalms cxxxix. 7. 

December 16. — Worked about my domestic [affairs] ; conference. 

December 17. — At Captain Highat's &c; rode to Collaburgh; 

married [James] Lent and [Mary] Archer; staid at Dr. 's; rode 

home. 

December 18. — At home. 

December 19. — Society meeting here. 

December 21. — Studying; at Red Mills; preached at meeting 
house, 2 Corinthians xiii. 18. 

December 22. — Preached at Red Mills, Luke xxiii. 4, 6, 7, 8; 
administered the Sacrament; rode home, preached at Yorktown, 
Romans xi. 33. 

December 23. — Rode to Peekskill &c; reckoned with Mr. Birdsall. 

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December 24. — At Deacon Knapp's &c. 

December 25. — Very rainy day; in study &c; cleared off cold. 

December 26. — Very cold; at home. 

December 27. — Very cold day; getting wood; at Dr. White's in 
the evening. 

December 28. — Studying; Mr. Harrower came here; married 
Osias Osborn and Sarah Hiat. 

December 29. — Preached at Peekskill, John xviii. ; in the evening 
at Mr. Birdsall's, Psalms cxxxix. 7. 

December 30. — Warm, pleasant day. 

December 31. — Rainy day; married Francis Colegrove and Phebe 
Lee. So ends the year. O how far short I have come in all things. 
God's name be praised for ever. 

1794 

January 1. — Getting wood; preached at Joshua Highat's, Psalms 
xci. 1 ; cold day ; at Captain Highat's. 

January 2. — At Frost's; bought wheat; pleasant day. 

January 3. — At home &c. 

January 4. — Studying &c &c. 

January 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xc. 4; Thessa- 
lonians v. 24. 

January 6. — Rode to Samuel Jones's, Mrs. Constant with me; 
traded £3-9-2. on John Jones's account; Captain Carman and wife 
here. 

January 7. — Lane getting wood &c. 

January 8. — Married Henry Hilliker and Nancy Ingersoll; Ben- 
jamin Crosby 278 and Phebe Lyons. It has been pleasant weather ten 
days. 

278 Benjamin Crosby, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Crosby, of Carmel (see 
note 189), grandson of John and Hannah Crosby, of Harwich, Massachusetts, and 
great-grandson of the Rev. Thomas Crosby, of Eastham, Massachusetts, was born 

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January 9. — Sore eyes ; knitting fish net. 

January 10. — Very warm; knitting net &c. 

January 11. — Studying; sore eyes; not able to read; married 
John Conkling and Anna Hadden. 

January 12. — Preached at Peekskill, Ecclesiastes ix. ; in the even- 
ing at Benjamin Taylor's, Ephesians iii. 

January 13. — At John Lee's; [and] Sands's. 

January 14. — Snow this morning; rode to Mr. Townley's; Pres- 
bytery. 

January 15. — Attended Philographical Society. 

January 16. — Rode home; pleasant day; Messrs. Lewis, Marsh, 
and Comstock here. 

January 17. — Pleasant day; sore eyes. 

January 18. — Studying &c. 

January 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxviii. — [in the] 
evening, John i. 1-5 ; very sore eyes. 

January 20. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached Proverbs xxviii. 1 ; 
funeral of Samuel Hate Jun r deceased. 

January 21. — At home; making net &c. 

January 22. — Married Samuel Hart and Phebe Lamoreux; very 
muddy riding. 

January 23. — Snow storm; rode to Andrew Sutton's; married 
Griffin Budd 279 and Katharen Sutton; at Walter Ward's. 

at Harwich in 1744, and died at Carmel, Putnam County, 22 July, 1797, where his 
farmstead was located on the west side of the reservoir, near the Tilly Foster 
Mine. His first wife, Rachel, died 25 February, 1791, aged forty-three. His will 
of 12 May, 1797, describes him as of Carmel-town, speaks of rights to lands in 
Dryden, in Onondaga County, provides for the comfortable maintenance of his 
mother, for wife Phebe, and children Enos, Thomas, Edward, and Levi, some of 
whom had not attained their majority. His brother Enoch Crosby was one of the 
executors of his estate. He had, besides %he children named above, Rachel, Sarah, 
Benjamin, and Hannah, who married Dr. Weeks (see note 272). 

2,9 Joseph Budd married, 23 December, 1755, Elizabeth Griffin, and had Joseph, 
Griffin of the text, Elijah, who is also referred to by Mr. Constant, Jerusha, Tamer, 
Ann, and Elizabeth, all of whom are mentioned in his will of 2 July, 1771, proved 

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January 24. — Clear cold; rode home, Esq 1 " Lee here; eyes better. 

January 25. — Sore eyes; studying; married Robert Lane and 
Ame Parent. 

January 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Mark iv. 38; at Mrs. 
Budd's, Colossians iv. 6; cold weather. 

January 27. — At home &c; James Lamoreux came here to 
work. 

January 28. — Preached at John Lee Jun r 's, Galatians v. 6 ; in the 
evening at John Carman's, Colossians xxxiii. 4. 

January 29. — At Miller's [and] Highat's. 

January 30. — At home knitting fish-net. 

January 31. — Rode to William Beadle Jun r 's; preached Psalms 
cviii. 12. 

February 1. — Very cold weather; sleighing good; studying. 

February 2. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxii. 12; 1 Peter i. 
J 3; good sleighing; pleasant day. 

February 3. — Pleasant weather; some people getting wood for 
me, warm day. 

February 4. — Preached in the evening at Jere Conkling's, 2 Corin- 
thians iii. 12. 

February 5. — Cold day; attended funeral at John Covert's, his 
child dead, preached Proverbs iv. 3. 

February 6. — Cold day ; troubled with salt-rheum. Oh may God 
sanctify it to me for good. 

February 7. — At William Beadle Jun r 's; preached Psalms ; 

Thomas Lewis here. 

February 8. — Studying &c. ; sore eyes. 



8 July, 1772, in which he is described as of the Manor of Cortlandt, as he is in a 
bill of sale of one negro girl to Tertullus Dickinson, of Dutchess County, 13 June, 
1771. The wife Elizabeth, who was on Mr. Constant's church membership list, 
is frequently spoken of in the Journal, and her death and burial are chronicled 
under 12 and 14 May, 1796. Andrew and Elizabeth (Montross) Sutton, had 
beside Katharine above, John, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Abby, and Andrew. 

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February 9. — Preached at Peekskill, John xvii. 1 1 ; in the evening - , 
at R. Curry's, 2 Corinthians iii. 12. 

February 10. — Rainy day; rode home. 

February 1 1 . — Thomas returned home. 

February 12. — At Hadden's, Pullen's [and] Dr. White's. 

February 13. — At Peekskill; reckoned with Esq r Travis; with 
Deacon Birdsall. 

February 14. — Studying &c. 

February 15. — Fast day; preached at the meeting house, John xv. 

February 16. — Preached at Yorktown, John xii. 23; [in the] 
evening at my house, 2 Timothy i. 9 ; administered the Sacrament. 

February 17. — Cool dry weather. 

February 18. — Preached at Esq 1 " Lane's, John xv. — " If ye 
abide" &c. 

February 19. — Rode to Collaburgh; married John Lent and Mar- 
garet Devuggin. 

February 20. — At Staats Dyckman's ; at John Lee's, rainy day. 

February 21. — Cold day; rode home; reckoned with Thomas 
Carman. 

February 22. — Studying, &c. &c. 

February 23. — Preached at Peekskill, John xv. 5; staid at J. 
Jones's, snow. 

February 24. — At widow Owens's, Bashford's, Jesse Owens's, 
Sellick's and D. Flight's. 

February 25. — At home. 

February 26. — Rode to William Beadle's; brought home wheat 
flour; at Frost's [and] Abijah Whitney's; got some flax at Jonathan 
Travis's. 

February 27. — J. Travis drawing wood; Lane went to Lent's 
after cow. 

February 28. — Lane and Joseph Lee drawing wood; sleighing 
begins to fail. 

March 1. — Cloudy, pleasant day; studying. 

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March 2. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Peter iii. 1 ; Acts ii. 40; sore 
eyes; warm day; rain [in the] evening. 

March 3. — Rainy day; snow most gone; took physic, sore face. 

March 4. — Cold day; St. John [went] to Poughkeepsie. 

March 5. — Rode to Jacob Carpenter's; married Isaac Vail and 

Carpenter; cold day; at Captain Strang's; Solomon Bashford 

began his year in my service. 

March 6. — At home; St. John came from Poughkeepsie; library 
day ; very rainy day. 

March 7. — At home. 

March 8. — Studying &c. 

March 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke i. — ; 2 Corinthians 
viii. 9. 

March 10. — Rode to Peekskill; carried deed to send to Albany, 
traded at J. Duzenbury's, £0-19-2; at Diven's; D. Highat's; muddy 
riding. 

March 11. — Got sow at Deacon Lane's ; warm day; tapped maple 
trees ; made beer. 

March 12. — Warm weather; funeral sermon at John Strang's, 
Colossians iii. 2. 

March 13. — At home; pleasant weather. 

March 14. — Preached at funeral of Peter Drake. 

March 15. — At John Hadden's, preached funeral sermon; his 
child dead. 

March 16. — Preached at Peekskill. 

March 17. — At Peekskill; sent money to York by Conkling. 

March 18. — At home. 

March 19. — The funerals mentioned last week a mistake, for 
they were preached this week; preached funeral sermon at John 
Strang's. 280 

280 Drusilla Oakley, wife of John Strang, whose gravestone in the church-yard 
at Crompond gives her death as 17 March, 1794, aged forty-three years, seven 
months, and four days. Her husband died 23 March, 1809, aged fifty-five years, five 

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March 20. — At home. 

March 21. — Preached at funeral of Peter Drake. 

March 22. — Ditto, John Hadden ; Joseph from York. 

March 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Revelation — ; staid at Ste- 
phen Curry's. 

March 24. — Preached at Mr. Owens's, Colossians iii. 2; in the 
evening at Gould Sellick's, Isaiah xlv. last. 
, March 25. — Rode home. 

March 26. — At home, making warping bars. 

March 27. — At home, &c. 

March 28. — At Esqr Lee's &c. 

March 29. — Reading &c. 

March 30. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation — ; Proverbs 
xvi. 5. 

March 3 1 . — Rainy day ; at home reading. 

April 1. — Town meeting; Mr. Marsh came here. 

April 2. — Rode to Red Mills ; to Philographical Society. 

April 3. — Attended Society; rainy day; staid at Mr. J. Jones's. 

April 4. — Rode home. 

April 5. — Little time for study; married James Frost and Nancy 
Perry. 

April 6. — Preached at Peekskill, Ezekiel xxxvi. 9, Matthew xiii. 
13; Mr. Townley preached at Yorktown in the evening. 

April 7. — Mr. Townley rode home. 

April 8. — Rode to D. Horton's ; Mr. Shepherd here. 

April 9. — Mr. Shepherd preached at the meeting house; warm 
pleasant weather. 

April 10. — Mr. Harrower came here. 

April 11. — Mr. H. went on to Salem. 

April 12. — Studying &c. 

months, and three days. Their children were: John, Sylvanus, Mary, Catherine, 
Hannah, Elizabeth, Drusilla, Jerusha, and James. (For ancestry of John Strang, 
see New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, xxi. 137.) 

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April 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans xiv. 2 Chronicles xvii. 
3, warm day. 

April 14. — Warm, dry weather. 

April 15. — At Peekskill; Joseph set off for York. 

April 16. — At home. 

April 17. — At Mr. Delancey's, and Major Strang's. 

April 18. — At home, studying &c. 

April 19. — Preached at the meeting house, Sacramental Lecture. 

April 20. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Peter xviii. 1, Jeremiah 1. 5; 
administered the Sacrament. 

April 21. — Gardening; very dry; peach trees blossomed; may 
the Lord send rain. 

April 22. — At home, reading &c. 

April 23. — Sowing oats &c. 

April 24. — Preached at Yorktown to young people, Proverbs iii. 4 ; 
may God add his blessing. 

April 25. — Rainy day; at home; reading. 

April 26. — Studying &c. 

April 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians iii. 9; Colossians 
iii. 1. 

April 28. — Growing season; mending fence; at W. Chatterton's, 
Esq r Lee's, T. Strang's. 

April 29. — Election meeting. 

April 30. — At J. Frost's and W. Osborn's. 

May 2. — Making fences across the meadow. 

May 3. — Studying; troubled with salt-rheum. 

May 4. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms ii. 6; John xv. 21 ; hot day. 

May 5. — Rode to the Kill; wind east; some rain; apple trees 
blossomed ; Solomon preparing for plowing. 

May 6. — Set off for Poundridge to Presbytery; staid at Judge 
Lock wood's. 

May 7. — Attended presbytery. 

May 8. — Attended presbytery. 

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May 9. — Adjourned to third Wednesday in September at Mrs. 
Minor's, rode home ; very cold weather. 

May 10. — Studying &c. 

May 11. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke xix. 13; 2 Corinthians 
x. 4 ; married Monmouth Hart 2S1 and Betsy Ingersoll. 

May 12. — Planting; rainy in the afternoon. 

May 13. — Solomon planting, and in the orchard; rode to Salem; 
opening sermon to Presbytery ; staid at Judge Purdy's. 

May 14. — Attended Presbytery. 

May 15. — Ditto; rode home. 

May 16. — At home; family well. 

May 17. — Studying &c; rode to Peekskill; preached at the meet- 
ing house ; thin meeting. 

May 18. — Preached at the meeting house, Philippians ii. ; Luke 
ii. — , administered the Sacrament ; full meeting ; O, that God would 
come and work ; rode home &c ; some frost this morning. 

May 19. — At Major Strang's; rode to Peekskill; married Gilbert 
Lent and Betsy Lamoreux ; rode home [in] evening. 

May 20. — Warm day; turned young colts to the woods. 

May 21. — At home, etc. 

May 22. — At Red Mills, preached — " Though rich he became 
poor," &c. 

May 23. — At home, began to rain in the afternoon. 

May 24. — Rainy, cloudy weather &c, studying. 

May 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Genesis xlii. 18, Ephesians v. 5. 

May 26. — Joseph came home ; making ; rainy day. 

May 27. — Rode to Widow Bashford's, preached 2 Peter ii. 4; at 
Jesse Owens's, preached Ephesians iv. 1 ; staid all night. 

2S1 One of this name, a legatee under the will of his father, Monmouth Hart, of 
Rye, who died in September, 1761. He was to receive lands at White Plains, a 
right in the Rye Ferry, after the death of his mother, Sarah, and the sword com- 
monly worn. In Mr. Constant's undated list of baptisms occur the following, 
probably of this family: Monmouth, Cornelius, William, and Betsey Ann. 

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May 28. — Rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's, 282 prayed and exhorted ; 
rainy day. 

May 29. — Rainy day. 

May 30. — Cleared off [in the] afternoon. 

May 31. — Studying &c. 

June 1. — Preached at Yorktown, John xiv. 28, Psalms cv. 19. 

June 2. — At home; getting out sprouts ; Joseph bottoming chairs ; 
Society meeting, &c. 

June 3. — Ditto, at Major Strang's. 

June 4. — At home &c. 

June 5. — At home; reading &c; library day; rainy afternoon. 

June 6. — Wetish day. 

June 7. — Clear, studying &c. 

June 8. — Preached at Yorktown, John xiv. 19; Psalms xc. 6; 
wetish day. 

June 9. — Rainy morning. 

June 10. — Joseph to York by boat &c; town meeting. 

June 11. — At home; reading &c. 

June 12. — At home; &c. 

June 13. — At Major Strang's. 

June 14. — Studying. 

282 Nathaniel Tompkins was living in the vicinity of the present town of Putnam 
Valley in 1777. He served in the Revolution, in the New York Line, from 18 
March, 1777, until January, 1782. He was born 15 March, 1730, and died 6 Decem- 
ber, 181 1. His first wife was Mary ; his second, Elizabeth , born 1751; 

died June, 1825. His children by first marriage were : 

1. Jane Tompkins, died 23 October, 1818, aged forty-five years ; married John 

T. Conklin (see note 262). 

2. Elizabeth Tompkins, died 26 July, 1859; married, in 1805, Silas Austin (see 

note 187), son of Job Austin by his wife Mary Nelson, born 5 May, 1780; 
died 9 December, 1841. 

3. Phebe Tompkins, married Rev. Daniel D. Tompkins, son of Reuben Tomp- 

kins. 
By second marriage: 

4. Thomas Tompkins, married Catherine . 

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June 15. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms v. 8; 1 Corinthians i. 18; 
at Samuel Birdsall's, preached in the evening, Peter iii. — . 

June 16. — At Peekskill Landing, bought leather of Birdsall. 

June 17. — Pleasant morning; Solomon hoeing for Ferris. 

June 18. — At Enos Lee's [and] C. Highat's. 

June 19. — At home; St. John and Solomon hoeing corn in 
orchard. 

June 20. — Trustees here towards night. 

June 21. — Studying &c. ; Mr. Benedict here; gone on his journey 
to the westward. 

June 22. — Preached at Yorktown. 

June 23. — At home &c. 

June 24. — At Elijah Morgan's. 

June 27. — Trustees here; reckoned with them. 

June 28. — Studying &c. 

June 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Revelation i. 3; Psalms lxxi. 19; 
at Harry Lent's, [preached] Isaiah xlv. — ; staid [at] John Lent's. 

June 30. — At Solomon Smith's, &c. 

July 1. — Philographical Society at my house; Mr. Hickox 
preached at meeting house. 

July 2. — Attended Society; adjourned to meet at Captain 
Hait's 282b in the Highlands, first Tuesday in October next. 

282b Captain John Haight, son of Joseph Haight of the Highlands (see Appen- 
dix), by his wife Hannah Wright, born 18 August, 1742; died 18 July, 1836. He 
was appointed, 28 May, 1778, Captain in Colonel Henry Luddington's Regiment 
of Dutchess County militia. He was a member of the New York Legislature of 
1807 and 1808, associate justice of Putnam County in 1813, and judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas for Putnam County in 1820. He was also a ruling elder of 
the Rombout Presbyterian Church at Fishkill for forty years. He married, 20 
March, 1770, at the house of Colonel Beverly Robinson, Miriam Swim, born 25 
December, 1749; died 21 March, 1842. Their children were: 1. James Haight, 
born 21 December, 1770; died 8 September, 1845. 2. Cornelius Haight, born 25 
July, 1772. 3. Joseph Haight, born 17 May, 1774. 4. Sylvanus Haight, born at Fish- 
kill, 22 July, 1776; died at South Norwalk, Connecticut, 6 April, 1864; studied for 
the ministery, and labored therein nearly fifty-nine years ; during the war of 1812 

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July 3 



-Pleasant morning. 



July 4. — At home, plowing corn. 

July 5. — Studying &c. 

July 6. — Preached at Yorktown, John xiv. ; Luke xii. 

July 7. — At home ; Solomon hoeing &c. 

July 8. — At home, Mr. Delancy here. 

July 9. — At Deacon Lane's. 

July 10. — At Deacon Travis's; preached John vi. 44; staid all 
night; sick. 

July 11. — Preached at William Trowbridge's, Acts ii. 

July 12. — At home; studying &c; church meeting. 

July 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts xxvii. 23; Matthew xxiii. 
33; administered the Sacrament. 

July 14. — Sowing buckwheat. 

July 15. — Solomon finished buckwheat; plowed some corn. 

July 16. — Plowing corn in the forenoon. 

July 17. — At home; Solomon finished hoeing &c. 

July 18. — Mr. Judd here. 

July 19. — Some rain; rode to Bedford. 

July 20. — Preached at Bedford, Hebrews i. 3 ; John xvii. ; staid 
at Mr. Owens's. 

July 21. — Rode home; clear and cool. 

July 22. — Raking wheat; carting wheat. 

July 23. — At home; reading &c, hung the grindstone. 

July 24. — Began to mow ; Stephen Travis mowing. 

July 25. — Raking hay &c. 

he was chaplain of the Thirty-fourth Regiment of New York; married (1) 
Clarissa Barnum, (2) Rachel de Forrest (Norris) Brush. 5. John Haight, born 
22 January, 1779. 6. Henry Haight, born 7 December, 1782; died 1 December, 
1835. 7. Mary Haight, born 7 April, 1787; married Nicholas Nelson. 8. Stephen 
Haight, born 16 July, 1789. 9. Jacob Haight, born 10 March, 1791 ; removed to 
Montclair, New Jersey. 10. Hannah Haight, born 20 November, 1793 ; died 17 
November, 1886; married (1) Rev. Moses Reed, of Darien, Connecticut; (2) Hon. 
Cornelius Warren, of Cold Spring, New York. 

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July 26 



-Cloudy. 



July 27. — Preached at Peekskill ; hot day. 

July 28. — Carting hay &c. 

July 29. — Haying &c ; at Secord's. 

July 30. — Haying &c. 

July 31. — At Major Strang's, who is sick. 

August 1. — Haying &c. 

August 2. — Studying &c. ; Major Strang 283 died. 

August 3. — Preached at Yorktown, attended the funeral of Major 
Strang, preached funeral sermon, Luke x. 37, Job vii., Psalms ix. 12; 
very hot ; lame with boils ; married Robert Lounsbury 284 an<d Rachel 
Lent. 

August 4. — Hot day ; showers ; at Solomon Smith's ; [at] Peeks- 
kill, married David Hilliker 285 and Mary Brown. 

August 5. — D. Mead mowing for me. 

August 6. — Raking hay in the east meadow. 

August 7. — Stacking hay. 

August 8. — At home &c. 

August 9. — Studying &c, &c, rainy day. 

August 10. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 John v. 5 ; 1 Peter i. 23; 
hot day, thin meeting. 

August 11. — Pleasant morning. 

August 12. — At Captain Purdy's; [at] Ferris's; Joseph went to 
Salem. 



283 Joseph Strang, born 27 February, 1725; commissioned, 19 October, 1775, 
major in the Third, or North, Manor of Cortlandt Regiment, under Colonel Pierre 
Van Cortlandt. (For ancestry and family of, see New York Genealogical and Bio- 
graphical Record, xxi. 130-140.) 

284 See note 255. 

285 David Hilliker, of Peekskill, born 1771 ; died 14 June, 1857; married, as 
above, Mary Brown, born 1780; died 12 November, 1876. Their children were: 
Hester, Mary, Samuel, John, Margaret, Jane, Henry Brown, Lysa, Winchey, Au- 
gustus, Abraham, Lavina, and one other, most of whose baptisms are entered on the 
records of the Cortlandtown Dutch Church. 

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August 13. — At Frost's. Horton and others mowing for me; 
Solomon [went] to Salem. 

August 14. — Raking hay. 

August 15. — Stacking hay; finished. 

August 16. — Study ing&c; some rain. 

August 1 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Chronicles xxix. 1 1 , Romans 
vi. 4; full meeting; O, for the blessing on the work. 

August 18. — Warm day; growing season. 

August 19. — Rode to Mrs. Brewer's; [and] J. Strang's. 

August 20. — At Joseph Fowler's. 

August 21. — At home &c. 

August 22. — Preached at Daniel Mead's, Philippians i. 10. - 

August 23. — Studying &c. 

August 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts xix. 2 ; Proverbs i. 25 ; 
rainy day. 

August 25. — Warm, growing season. 

August 26. — At home &c ; fencing and staking. 

August 27. — Reading &c. 

August 28. — At Deacon Knapp's &c. 

August 29. — At home; Solomon plowing. 

August 30. — Studying; reading &c. 

August 31. — Preached [at] Red Mills, 1 Corinthians ii. 28; John 
xv. 5 ; administered the Sacrament. 

September 1. — Rode to Fishkill, staid at Zopher Jones's. 

September 2. — Rode to Poughkeepsie to Presbytery. 

September 3. — Attended Presbytery. 

September 4. — Attended Presbytery. 

September 5. — Ditto; adjourned to Mr. Cornwell's, second 
Tuesday in May next, 3 p.m. 

September 6. — Rode to Peekskill, married Caleb Ward 286 and 
Susanna Jones; staid at R. C.'s, Mr. Townley with me. 

288 Caleb Ward, son of Caleb Ward, of Peekskill, who died 1 October, 1791, 
aged ninety-one years, was born 11 November, 1728, and died 16 May, 1802. Mary, 

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September 7. — Rainy morning, preached at Peekskill, 1 Peter 
i. 13; rode to Bayley Highat's; preached funeral sermon, Mrs. Highat 
dead, 1 Peter i. 13; rode home; family all well. Lord give me a 
thankful heart. 

September 8. — Cool, clear weather; attending to domestic 
affairs. 

September 9. — Preached [at] funeral of Mr. Formilier, 2 Corin- 
thians iv. 11. 

September 10. — Preached [at] funeral of Dr. Brewer, ditto. 

September n. — Davies sent books up to sell; at Dr. White's; 
widow Strang's. 

September 12. — Preached funeral sermon at Mr. Secord's, 2 Corin- 
thians iv. 18. 

September 13. — In study, &c. 

September 14. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs . 

September 15. — At home; funeral of Rebecca Woolsy, Ecclesi- 
astes ix. 1-2 ; married Jacob Lent and Mary Haws. 

September 16. — Fencing stack in east meadow; married Martin 
Post and Elizabeth Lent. 

September 17. — At home &c. 

September 18. — At Widow Strang's &c. 

September 19. — At home. 

September 20. — Studying &c &c. 

wife of Caleb Ward, was born 30 April, 1731, and died 20 February, 1801. His will 
of 12 April, 1802, made bequests to children Benjamin; John; Caleb; Abigail, wife 
of Solomon Fowler ; Esther, wife of John Paulding, and to her children Sarah, 
Hiram, and Leonard (see note 229) ; Mary, wife of James Perot, and grandchild 
Marie, daughter of Samuel Jones. Of these children, Mr. Constant married Esther 
to John Paulding, Caleb, as above, to Susanna, the daughter of John Jones (see 
note 257), and Mary to James Parrott or Perott (see note 331). Solomon Fowler, 
who married for first wife the daughter of Abigail, died 12 December, 1822, leaving 
daughter Mary Seaman, sons James and John, and grandchildren Hester, Caleb 
Ward, Thaddeus, Solomon, and Barret Fowler, and Mary Elizabeth Austin. (West- 
chester County Wills, K, 72.) His wife, Abigail, died 17 March, 1818, aged sixty- 
two. His son, Elijah, died 7 February, 1812, aged thirty-three. 

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September 21. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians vi. 2; at 
Esq r Travis's in the evening, Romans i. 16. 

September 22. — Rode home ; Solomon picking corn. 

September 23. — Picking corn. 

September 24. — Picking corn. 

September 25. — Ditto. 

September 26. — Got out flax, etc. 

September 27. — In study, cloudy, chilly day. 

September 28. — Preached at Yorktown ; rainy day, etc. 

September 29. — At Mr. Ingersoll's with Mrs. Constant. 

September 30. — Rode to North Salem, preached Psalms xci. 1. 

October 1. — At Salem, attending Philographical Society; ad- 
journed to Captain Hait's, first Wednesday 

October 2. — Rode home; at Widow Travis's, at Pullen's &c. 

October 3. — Raking buckwheat. 

October 4. — Studying &c &c. 

October 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Deuteronomy ii. 32; Job 
xl. 45. 

October 6. — Rode to Mr. Post's preached Isaiah xci. 1 ; at Esq 1 " 
Drake's; J. Carman's, &c. &c. 

October 7. — Raking buckwheat ; rode to Willett Dean's ; married 
Abraham Lent and Sarah Dean. 

October 8. — Raking buckwheat &c. 

October 9. — Solomon thrashing buckwheat. 

October 10. — Finished thrashing buckwheat. 

October 11. — Warm, dry day; studying &c. 

October 12. — Preached at Peekskill, at Baptist meeting house. 

October 13. — Rode to Peekskill, preached [at] Dr. Stanly's, 
Isaiah x. 3. 

October 14. — At home &c. 

October 15. — Winnowing buckwheat. 

October 16. — Preached at Mr. Oakley's, funeral of Mrs. Thorn, 
Isaiah x. 3. 

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October 17. — At home &c; at Captain Strang's. 287 

October 18. — Studying &c &c. 

October 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Song of Solomon ii. 1 ; 2 
Peter iv. 7. 

October 20. — At Daniel Carman's. 

October 21. — At home; at John Carman's; at Deacon Knapp's; 
mare shod. 

October 22. — At home &c. 

October 23. — Married Robert Wright 288 and Elizabeth Lee. 

October 24. — At home ; at Mrs. Budd's. 

October 25. — Cold, windy day; studying; Joseph from Salem. 

October 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew 27, 35 ; Psalms — 
" Heal my soul." Administered the Sacrament. 

October 27. — At home &c, Mr. Lewis here. 

October 28. — At home &c, Esq r Lee here in the afternoon. 

October 29. — Pleasant weather. 

October 30. — Warm weather; Solomon carting dung; brought 
pumpkins from Whitney's. 

October 31. — At Richard Curry's, his wife sick. 

287 Henry Strang, of Yorktown, who was commissioned before 25 June, 1778, 
captain in the Third Regiment of Westchester County, under Colonel Samuel Drake. 
He died 22 July, 1802, aged sixty-three. His wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas 
Hazard, of New York, died 27 March, 1822, aged seventy-eight years, and was 
buried beside him in the church-yard at Yorktown, as was also her mother, Martha 
Hazard, who died 1 March, 1830, in her eighty-third year, and brother Charles I. S. 
Hazard, who died 20 September, 1798. The eldest of Captain Strang's thirteen 
children, Thomas, was frequently alluded to by Mr. Constant. His gravestone 
reads: "Thomas Strang Esqr., died 29 July, 1851, aged eighty-eight years and four 
months. Elizabeth, first wife of the latter, died 12 March, 1825." 

288 Robert Wright resided in Fredericks Precinct, Dutchess County, now the 
town of Carmel, Putnam County, where he died 19 May, 1818, aged eighty-one 
years. He married, as above, for second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard 
Curry, of Cortlandt, and widow of Joseph Lee, of Yorktown (see note 137), born 
1751, died 20 August, 1834. Of the children by his first wife, Mr. Constant married 
Mary Wright to Jeremiah Maybe, 15 March, 1792, and Joanna Wright to Edward 
Vermilya, 17 February, 1796. 

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November I. — Studying; rode to Richard Curry's. 

November 2. — Preached at Peekskill, John x. 10; Isaiah lv. 3. 

November 3. — Rainy day ; at home. 

November 4. — Training day ; Joseph to New York. 

November 5. — At home &c. 

November 6. — At home &c. 

November 7. — At Mr. Hart's; Deacon Knapp's; Mr. Daniel 
Horton Jun r 's ; trustees met here in the evening. 

November 8. — Pleasant day, studying. 

November 9. — Preached at Yorktown, xliii. 26; John xii. 28. 

November 10. — At Peekskill; married Jacob Lent and Sarah 
Eliot. 

November 11. — At Col. Thompson's; preached at George Tomp- 
kins's, Isaiah xliii. 26-8; in the evening at Jesse Owens's, Romans 
v. 12. 

November 12. — Rode home. 

November 13. — Sent my hog to Colonel Thompson ; rode to Conk- 
ling's and Knapp's. 

November 14. — Snow two inches deep; at Jonathan Travis's; 
Oakley's &c; took up flax. 

November 15. — Studying and reading &c. 

November 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians ii. 9-10; 
Psalms cxliv. 15. 

November 18. — Rode to John Montross's, married John Montross 

and Belden; James Lent and Katharine Wood; staid at John 

Lent's. 

November 19. — Rode home. 

November 21. — Reading &c. 

November 22. — Studying in the forenoon; rode to Peekskill, 
preached John i. — church meeting. 

November 23. — Preached at Peekskill, administered the Sacra- 
ment ; rode home. 

November 24. — Killed hogs ; salted meat. 

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November 25. — Sent to Widow Highat's for meat barrel. 

November 26. — At Judge Lee's; finished salting meat; Frost 
paid £16-10 for beef. 

November 27. — Solomon breaking flax. 

November 28. — At Thomas Carman's ; reading &c. 

November 29. — Studying, an'd warm day. 

November 30. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Thessalonians iv. 1 ; 1 
John v. 4 ; warm, pleasant day ; full meeting. 

December 1. — North east storm. 

December 2. — Warm day; rode to the Kill; at Benjamin Dyck- 
man's ; married Mathias Valentine and Katherine Dyckman ; at Ben- 
jamin Drake's &c; viewed farm. 

December 3. — Rode to Esq r Travis's; reckoned with him; at 
Charles Dusenbury's ; 289 reckoned with him and settled with cash ; 
rode to Colonel Thompson's and home. 

December 4. — Library day; rode to Walter Ward's, preached 
Philippians iii. 3. 

December 5. — Rode home; pleasant weather. 

December 6. — Studying &c ; paid Walter Smith for mare. 

December 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians iii. 12, Proverbs 
xiii. 14; married Asel Smith and Anna Loder. 

December 8. — At home ; some people cutting wood &c. 

December 9. — Pleasant morning; election for member of Con- 
gress. 

December 10. — At home &c. 

December 11. — Showing sled at Forman's. 

December 12. — Preached at Mrs. Osborn's, John ix. 31. 

280 Charles Dusenbury, son of William Dusenbury by his wife Sarah Lane, born, 
according to his gravestone at Putnam Valley, in 1769, died 28 October, 1839. He 
married (1), 8 August, 1791, Sarah Conklin; and (2), 15 September, 1805, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Moses Hadden. She died 14 June, 1863, aged seventy-seven. His 
children were: Nancy Dusenbury, Charles Dusenbury, Isaac Dusenbury, Mary I. 
Dusenbury, and Samuel Dusenbury, the latter of whom married and removed to 
South Carolina after the war of 1812. 

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December 13. — Studying &c. 

December 14. — Preached at Peekskill; 1 Thessalonians vi. ; in 
the evening at John Lent's, John ix. 31. 

December 15. — At Peekskill, [at] Colonel Thompson's; rode to 
Mr. Badeau's 290 married him and Elizabeth Secord. 

December 16. — Warm, pleasant. 

December 1 7. — Thomas Russell worked here drawing stone ; rode 
to Divens's, to Jesse Owens's, preached Psalms xxix. 11; staid at 
Mr. Carman's. 

December 18. — Rode home; boys carting stone. 

December 19. — Cutting timber for rails, &c. 

December 20. — Rainy day ; studying &c. 

December 21. — Preached at Yorktown, John i. 18, Psalms 
xxviii. 8. 

December 22. — Cool weather, but pleasant; at Elisha Lane's, 
Peter Lane's and Thomas Strang's. 

December 23. — At home &c &c. 

December 24. — Rode to Peekskill, preached in the evening at Mr. 
Birdsall's, Psalms xxxii. 49; staid at Birdsall's. 

December 25. — Rode to Spock's, Curry's, Divens's, Owens's, Mil- 
ler's ; paid him for boots ; rode home, very pleasant weather. 

December 26. — Solomon and Richard Lee drawing stone. 

December 27. — Studying &c. 

December 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Ecclesiastes xii. 23. 

December 29. — At home ; God's mercies great. 

December 30. — At Dr. White's ; Society meeting at my house. 

December 31. — In the woods, showing sled. There has not been 
any sledding this season, snow one inch. It has been a very warm 
season not one hard storm, nor very cold day. So ends the year. 
God's name be praised for all his mercies. 

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1795 

January 1. — May God give grace to live to his glory! David and 
Chloehere; rode to Mr. Pullen's ; 291 to Benjamin Crosby's ; preached 
Psalms xc. 12; staid at Dr. Cornelius's. 

January 2. — Rode to Captain Merrick's, Mrs. Brewer's, to Esq r 
Lane's, preached in the evening, Philippians i. 10; rode home. 

January 3. — Studying &c; took money of Dr. White &c; Mr. 
B. Crosby here. 

January 4. — Preached [at] Peekskill, 2 Thessalonians ii. 14; in 
the evening at William Drake's, John iv. 23. 

January 5. — Rode home, mending sled &c, Mr. Townley here. 

January 6. — Rode to Philographical Society at Captain Hait's. 

January 7. — Attended Society, adjourned to Mr. Townley's, sec- 
ond Wednesday in March. 

January 8. — Rode home; clear and cool, Mr. Lewis staid here. 

January 9. — Snow in the morning; rode to Mrs. Brewer's; 
preached Matthew xxii. 37; rode home. 

January 10. — Studying; Solomon getting wood. 

January 11. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs iii. — ; cold 
day. 

January 12. — Rode to Peekskill in sleigh, Mrs. Constant and Sally 
with me ; bought cloak of Divens. 

January 13. — Cold day; went into the woods after wood. 

291 John Pullen. He had married Elizabeth Booth, who, as Elizabeth Pullen, 
was on Mr. Constant's church membership list of 1786, and who was the mother of 
the children he baptized 16 February, 1787: William, Benjamin, David, George, and 
Anna. Of these, William Pullen, born 15 May, 1763; died 2 December, 1848; mar- 
ried, 7 January, 1804, Sarah, daughter of Abijah and Millicent (Hyatt) Whitney, 
born 19 September, 1787, died 27 December, 1866. Benjamin Pullen married. 26 
May, 1798, Lydia Weeks. David Pullen, born 18 May, 1779; died 3 September, 
1822; married, 7 March, 1804, Sarah Lee, who died 11 June, 1859, in her seventy- 
ninth year. She and her husband are buried in the church-yard at Crompond, as 
are also their sons, David Pullen, who died 27 December, 1826, aged seventeen years 
and ten months, and Lewis Pullen, born 13 April, 1812, died 27 March, 1885. 

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January 14. — Rode to Abraham Cronk's, preached in the evening, 
Philippians i. x. 

January 15. — Snow this morning; rode home; studying. 

January 16. — Studying; sore face and hands. 

January 17. — Preached Sacramental lecture, Hebrews x. 6-7. 

January 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts ii. 41 ; administered 
the Sacrament ; very cold day ; good sleighing. 

January 19. — Very cold day. 

January 20. — Clear and pleasant; at Captain Carman's; Fow- 
ler's, Knapp's &c. 

January 21. — Some people getting wood. 

January 22. — At David Hyatt's. 

January 23. — At Frost's, Dr. Strang's, [and] Captain Strang's; 
reckoned with the latter. 

January 24. — Studying &c ; cold day. 

January 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts ii. 20-21 ; snowy day. 

January 26. — Pleasant day ; rode to Mr. Hickox's. 

January 27. — Cloudy morning; rode to Philip Hunter's; married 
Garret Brown and Mary Hunter. 

January 28. — At home, warm day; married Jacob Riggs and 
Patty Lent. 

January 29. — At home ; fanning wheat, 2 d Y\ ; hard wind and 
rain ; roof of loom shop blew off. 

January 30. — Snow gone, warm. 

January 31. — Studying; cool weather. 

February 1. — Preached at Peekskill, Judges v. last; in the evening 
Proverbs xxx. ; at Mr. Birdsall's ; snow two inches deep. 

February 2. — At Travis's, Dusenbury's, Seeley's [and] Smith's; 
attended vendue. 

February 3. — At home; studying, reading; rainy day. 

February 4. — Cool morning; at Mrs. Delancey's. 

February 5. — Rode to Mr. Lewis's, cool day. 

February 6. — Rode home ; family well. 

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February 7. — Studying, reading- &c. 

February 8. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans vi. 16; comfortable 
weather. 

February 9. — Cool, north-east wind; at home, killed calf; Solo- 
mon thrashing oats. 

February 10. — At home &c. 

February 1 1 . — Rode to William Beadle's, married Richard Barker 
and Peggy McFarden ; rode to Mrs. Osborne's 292 preached Hebrews 
iv. 16. 

February 12. — Rode home; at J. Travis's [and] Dr. White's. 

February 13. — Daniel Mead cutting wood; at Samuel Os- 
borne's; 292 sent five pounds 16 sh-iod. to Joseph by him. Stephens 
went home. 

February 14. — Reading, studying &c. 

February 15. — Preached at Peekskill, John vi. 66-78; at R. 
Curry's, Matthew xxii. 1-7; cold day. 

February 16. — At John Jones's, Carman's, Captain Highat's and 
H. Lane's. 

February 17. — At home; snow; getting wood. 

February 18. — Joseph Lee drawing wood. 

292 Joseph Osborne, said to have been born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, 11 June, 
1737, from whence he removed to West Somers, New York, where he died 26 Sep- 
tember, 1796. He married Martha, daughter of Abraham Wright, of Stephenton 
(see note 296), born 21 March, 1744; died at West Somers, 9 March, 1835. Their 
children were: 1. Samuel Osborne, named in the will of his grandfather Abraham 
Wright. * 2. David Osborne, born 11 April, 1769; married, 9 June, 1791, Elizabeth 
Haight, born 30 May, 1773; died 12 August, 1826. 3. Ozias Osborne, born 11 Feb- 
ruary, 1771 ; died 13 February, 1823 ; married, 28 December, 1793, Sarah, daughter 
of Elnathan Haight, of Yorktown. Mr. Constant's list of baptisms gives the names 
of Sarah, James, Samuel, Tracy, David, Benjamin, Ozias, and Ebenezer Osborne, 
and these are probably the children of Ozias and Sarah Osborne. 4. Elizabeth 
Osborne, who married, as first wife, 19 July, 1797, Cornelius Brown, of Peekskill. 
5. Ebenezer Osborne, born 30 April, 1774; died 4 November, 1849; buried at York- 
town; married, 25 August, 1799, Hannah, daughter of Ephraim Beadle, of Yorktown. 
She died at West Somers, 9 September, 1844. 6. Hannah Osborne, married, 4 Decem- 
ber, 1806, Gilbert Brown, of Peekskill. 7. Joseph Osborne. 8. Benjamin Osborne. 

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February 19. — Thanksgiving clay; preached at Yorktown, Psalms 
c. 4-5 ; full meeting. 

February 20. — At Carman's ; warm day. 

February 21. — Studying; Mrs. Brewer here. 

February 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians i. 1-8; 2 
John v. 6. 

February 23. — Cold day, at Judge Lee's ; snow and hail. 

February 24. — Windy, cold day, at home; Stephen left here. 

February 25. — At home, very cold day; Mr. Seely came here &c. 

February 26. — Cold day, went with Mr. Seely to Judge Lee's and 
Captain Purdy's ; Solomon drawing wood. 

February 27. — Griffin Budd drawing wood. 

February 28. — David Highat and Joseph Lee, drawing wood, 
cold day. 

March 1. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms ix. 8; good sleighing, 
full meeting, warm day ; Joseph from York. 

March 2. — Warm day ; at home, making oxbow. 

March 3. — Drawing timber [from] east meadow. 

March 4. — At John Pullen's, Frost's &c. 

March 5. — Library day; very warm, snow chiefly gone. 

March 6. — Warm day; drove hogs into the woods; preached 
funeral sermon of Stephen Beadle 293 deceased ; George cow calved. 

March 7. — Rainy day ; studying. 

March 8. — Preached at Yorktown, John viii. 31-32; Matthew 
xxi. 38. 

March 9. — Rode to Mr. Townley's. 

March 10. — Attended church meeting, preached Colossians iii. 16; 
staid at Mr. Townley's. 

March 11. — Attended Philographical Society; adjourned to Car- 
mel, third Wednesday of June next. 

March 12. — Rode home; pleasant weather; bad riding; at Mr. 
Ward's; Mrs. Constant unwell. 

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March 13. — Snow this morning. 

March 14. — Snowy, cold day; at home &c; studying. 

March 15. — Preached at Peekskill, John i. 16; in the evening at 
Mr. Birdsall's, Colossians iii. 16. 

March 16.— Pleasant day; at H.'s; D. B.'s; J. T.'s; C. B.'s; J. 
L.'s [and] S. S.'s. 

March 17. — Rode to Jesse Owens's, church meeting; at John 
Carman's; Joseph [went] to York. 

March 18. — At home; cold weather. 

March 19. — Thawy weather ; reading &c. 

March 20. — At Judge Lee's ; and Capt. Carman's ; Knight came 
here to board. 

March 21. — Studying; Solomon finished his year and went home. 

March 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians iii. 15; muddy 
roads. 

March 23. — At Mrs. Chatterton's ; bought ploughs &c; at Highat's 
and Lane's. 

March 24. — At Thomas Strang's; warm day; very muddy 
weather ; at Deacon Knapp's, got an ox of him ; after sheep. 

March 25. — Rode to Henry Carman's; married Simeon Barber 
and Susanna Carman; muddy riding. 

March 26. — At Mrs. Delancey's; rainy evening. 

March 27. — Snow this morning and all day ; at home. 

March 28. — Hail and rain all day ; studying &c. 

March 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Nahum i. 8; in the evening 
at William Drake's, 294 Colossians iii. 1 5 ; staid at John Jones's. 

March 30. — Rode to Landing; warm day; very muddy; at Mr. 
Sands's. 

March 31. — Wetish, sloppy weather; some snow falls. 

294 Elsewhere spoken of as Esqr. Drake. He was buried in the Van Cortlandt 
graveyard at Peekskill, where his headstone has the following : " William Drake 
Esqr. died 29 April, 1802, aged eighty years. His wife Ruth, died 9 May, 1786, aged 
sixty-eight." 

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April i. — At home. 

April 2. — Pleasant weather, but muddy roads. 

April 3. — At Daniel Horton Jun r 's and widow Beadle's. 

April 4. — George began to plow barn lot ; studying &c. &c. 

April 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians ii. 12-13; very 
warm day, roads begin to settle. 

April 6. — Very warm day; attending to my domestic affairs. 

April 7. — Warm weather; town meeting. 

April 8. — At Captain Strang's; bought oxen of Joseph Sackett; 
wetish day. 

April 9. — Rode to Peekskill, at Mr. B.'s. 

April 10. — Rode to Henry Post's, at widow Taylor's &c. 

April 11. — At home; studying; it has been very cold for four 
days past, Mr. Lewis here. 

April 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans xv. 29; Psalms xxxvi. 
9 ; pleasant day. 

April 13. — Very rainy day ; at home. 

April 14. — Stephens went home by way of New York. 

April 15. — Rode to Henry Lane's; preached at Mr. Crawford's, 
Ephesians vi. 6 ; rode home; pleasant weather ; married James Secord 
and Phebe Purdy. 

April 16. — At home; attending to domestic affairs. 

April 17. — Mending fences &c. ; studying. 

April 18. — Studying; Sacramental lecture at meeting house, 
John xiv. ; church meeting. 

April 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Song of Solomon ii. ; Psalms 
1. 22 ; administered the Sacrament. 

April 20. — At home &c. ; mending fence. 

April 21. — Carting hay; mending fences. 

April 22. — At home ; strong east wind. 

April 23. — Cool, east weather. 

April 24. — Studying &c. ; some wet ; at Captain Purdy's, parish 
meeting, none came, wet. 

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April 25. — Studying. 

April 26. — Preached at Peekskill. Psalms xv. 1 ; Romans xiii. 10; 
staid at Curry's. 

April 2J. — Rode to J. Duzenbury's, reckoned with him ; balanced 
accounts; at Samuel Jones's, balanced his account, at Esq r Travis's, 
Captain Hait's, [and] Birdsall's; very rainy afternoon. 

April 28. — Warm wetish day; at home. 

April 29. — Election ; cool weather ; peach trees begin to blossom. 

April 30. — Sowed flax. 

May 1. — George finished sowing oats ; gardening; Mr. Stephens 
here. 

May 2. — Studying; cool day; things backward. O, may God 
appear for Zion. 

May 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah li. 22-3; 2 Timothy 
iv. 7-8. 

May 4. — Somewhat warm; George planting potatoes in the 
orchard. 

May 5. — Making fence in east lot. 

May 6.— Ditto. 

May 7. — At home, &c. 

May 8. — At Deacon Knapp's. 

May 9. — To Peekskill ; preached at Mr. Jones's ; church meeting. 

May 10. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians iii. 9; Amos iv. ; 
funeral of Mrs. Birdsall, wife of D[aniel] ; 295 rode home. 

""Daniel Birdsall was born 17 January, 1734, and died 29 October, 1800. He 
was a large land-owner in Peekskill and lived on the south side of the road lead- 
ing to Travis's Landing, now called Main Street. His family residence, built 
about 1764, was the famous Birdsall House, that sheltered more American officers 
during the Revolution than perhaps any house in the country. Mr. Birdsall 
married, 20 December, 1757, Hannah Mandeville, daughter of Cornelius Mande- 
ville. of Peekskill, born 7 November, 1737; died 4 April, 1813. Their children were: 
1. Sarah Birdsall, married Denton Dusenbury (see note 247). 2. Mary H. Birdsall, 
born 7 September, 1760; died 17 December, 1846: married William Titus, of 
Flushing, Long Island. 3. Samuel Birdsall. born 6 January, 1763: died 13 De- 

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May ii. — Set off for Presbytery; staid at Babcock's [at] Dover. 

May 12. — Rode to Mr. Cornwall's; preached Ephesians vi. t6. 

May 13. — Attended presbytery. 

May 14. — Ditto in forenoon; adjourned to last Tuesday in Sep- 
tember ; then rode towards home ; staid at Babcock's. 

May 15. — Rode home; found family well ; rainy night. 

May 16. — At home; cool day; studying. 

May 17. — Preached at Yorktown, John xvii. 1-5; 1 Corinthians 
vii. 31 ; cool day, full meeting. O may God grant his presence. 

May 18. — Cool, wet morning; at home. 

May 19. — Rode to Bedford, preached John xv. 5; wetish day; 
staid at Deacon St. John's. 

May 20. — Rode home; cool weather. 

May 21. — Rode to Mrs. Bashford's, married Nehemiah Oak- 
ley 205b and Sarah Bashford ; warm day, at Owens's. 

May 22. — Warm day; mending fence; some rain. 

May 23. — At home; studying &c. 

May 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans xii. 8; Psalms xxxv. 9. 

May 25. — Cronk worked at wall ; shearing sheep. 

May 26. — Rode to Peekskill ; at C. H.'s, B.'s &c. 

May 27. — At home, cleaning house. 

cember, 1805. 4- Elizabeth Birdsall, born 8 July, 1765; died unmarried, 15 January, 
1847. 5. Daniel William Birdsall, born 27 October, 1767; died 11 May, 1850; 
married (1) Eunice Deforest, born 14 March, 1772; died 9 February, 1792; mar- 
ried (2) Hepsa Deforest, born 1769; buried, as above, 10 May, 1795; married (3) 
Phebe Brewer, born 9 May, 1777; died 7 July, 1815 (see note 133) ; married (4) 
Mrs. Aletta, widow of John Travis, born 22 February, 1786; died 26 February, 
1858. 6. Martha Birdsall, born 8 January. 1776; married, as second wife, Thomas 
Brown (see note 322). 

" ; '"'' Nehemiah Oakley, son of Thomas Oakley, of Cortlandtown, born 1770; 
removed to Philipstown, Putnam County, where he made his will, 12 August, 
1834; proved 2 November, 1835. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Bash- 
ford (see note 191). born 1776; died 1850. Their children were: Elizabeth, 
Thomas, Ann, Jane, Tabitha, Sarah Martha, William, Samuel J., Abraham, Theo- 
dosia, Stannard, Cordelia, and Isaac J., who is still living. 

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May 28.— Ditto. 

May 29. — Very rainy day. 

May 30. — Studying &c. ; George plowing buckwheat ground. 

May 31. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John v. 19-20. 

June 1 . — Set out for Presbytery at Blooming Grove ; staid at Mr. 
J. Little's. 

June 2. — At widow Satterly's; very cool weather; at Mrs. Brad- 
ner's, attended Presbytery &c. 

June 3. — Attended Presbytery; preached Ephesians vi. 16; Pres- 
bytery adjourned to October, last Tuesday, at J. Grover's. 

June 4. — Visiting &c ; preached in Smith's Clove, Psalms xci. 1 ; 
attended church meeting; staid at Mrs. King's. 

June 5. — Rode home; warm day; family well; God's name be 
praised for all his goodness. 

June 6. — Pleasant morning ; studying &c. 

June 7. — Preached at Peekskill, Zachariah iv. 12-13; Revelation 
iii. 18; in the evening at Esq r Travis's, John iv. 24. 

June 8. — Rode home, after visiting some families ; George hoeing 
corn. 

June 9. — At Captain Purdy's; sent money to Conkling by him 

*5-o-3- 

June 10. — Worked at fence &c. 

June 11. — Plowing corn &c; finished fence on east side of 
corn. 

June 12. — Rode to Mr. Cole's, preached John xix. 30; at William 
Dusenbury's, preached Psalms xci. 1 ; rode home. 

June 13. — Studying &c, George finished hoeing. 

June 14. — Preached at Yorktown, Titus ii. 14; Ephesians ii. 1; 
full meeting; O may God send his spirit to convince and convert; cool 
weather. 

June 15. — Rode to the Kill with Mrs. Constant; got her gown &c. 

June 16. — Warm and pleasant; George hoeing corn; rode to Red 
Mills, preached Acts xii. 5. 

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June 17. — Attended Society [meeting-] ; adjourned to Philips- 
town, second Wednesday in September. 

June 18. — Rode home; Mr. Hickox with me; rode to Captain 
Strang's; hot day. 

June 19. — Rode to Walter Ward's, preached 1 Corinthians i. 9. 

June 20. — Studying; Joseph from York. 

June 21. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians i. 8-9: at Mr. 
Cromwell's, 1 Corinthians i. 10; at Mr. Curry's. 

June 22. — Rode to Peekskill Landing; rode home. 



— At Deacon Knapp's ; got bolts for the door. 
—Rode to Salem ; at Colonel Crom 's. 

Rode home; girls sewing for Mrs. Constant. 

Cool, clear weather, things look promising as to the 



June 27,. 

June 24. 

June 25. 

June 26. 
season. 

June 27. — Studying &c. 

June 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxii. 37-40; full 
meeting, at Mr. Rearmore's. 

June 29. — Plowing beans &c, warm day. 

June 30. — At home, &c. 

July 1. — George plowing buckwheat and ground; at Rearmore's 
and Strang's. 

July 2. — Preached funeral sermon of Silas Marshall. 1 Corinthians 

xv. 55- 

July 3.— At home; reading &c, married Daniel Banker and Mary 
Burgdough. 

July 4. — Studying &c. 

July 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Jonah hi. 9; Corinthians ii. 12, 
O may God's spirit attend and assist. 

July 6. — Cloudy morning; rode to Benjamin Hait's, preached 
Hebrews iv. 16; hot day; rode home. 

July 7. — At home ; plowing corn. 

July 8. — At widow Beadle's, preached Philippians — : baptized 
her child, Stephen. 

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July 9. — At home ; reading, studying. 

July 10. — Studying &c &c. 

July 11. — Preached at Yorktown; Sacramental lecture; church 
meeting, Song of Solomon iv. — . 

July 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews i. 8; administered the 
Sacrament ; preached Proverbs iv. 9 ; hot day. 

July 13. — Hot day; picking raspberries ; very dry season. 

j u ly £4, — Joseph went to York; sent £6 to Merritt for board, and 
£2-16-10 to Davis; dry season. 

July 15. — Caleb Lane and St. John mowing meadow across the 
road. 

July 16. — Worked at hay, &c. 

July 17- — Got in hay; very weary. 

July 18. — Robert Travis cradling rye; studying &c; rainy after- 
noon. 

July 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians ii. 5; 2 Peter iv. 
18; married Jacob Ransom and Elizabeth Budd; hot day; very 
growing season. 

July 20. — Harvesting finished; reading; married Joseph Paulding 
and Sarah Seeley ; hot day. 

July 21. — Hot and dry, plowing corn ; George finished hoeing corn. 

July 22. — At John Carman's; rainy afternoon, at J. Highat's; 
paid David for Rye. 

July 23. — Hot day; stating young cattle. 

July 24. — George plowing potatoes ; reading &c &c. 

July 25. — Studying &c &c, dry weather, very growing season. 

July 26. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians xvi. 9; Hebrews 
xi. 4; married Moses Barton and Mable Marshall. 

July 27. — Began to cart harvest ; rainy afternoon. 

July 28. — Clear weather ; at David Hyatt's with Mrs. Constant. 

July 29. — Boys finished carting harvest; took up flax, &c. 

July 30. — Wet day ; at home, reading History of France. 

July 31. — Very rainy in forenoon; reading &c. 

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August i. — St. John cradling oats; studying &c. ; cloudy day; 
very growing season. 

August 2. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews i. 3; Psalms xxxiii. 
3-4-5 ; hot day ; few people. 

August 3. — Very rainy day and high wind from the south-east; 
reading Cook's Voyages. 

August 4. — Cloudy, wetish day; at home; reading &c. 

August 5. — Put thatch on barn; Micah Burges cradling oats; 
very growing season ; rain over ; hot weather ; preached at John 
Pullen's, Philippians i. 11. 

August 6. — Raking oats ; hot day ; reading Brown's Travels, &c. 

August 7. — Boys carting oats ; hot day. 

August 8. — Hot morning ; studying. 

August 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians iii. 9; Acts xiii. 26. 

August 10. — Open weather; at home &c. O, how little sanctifi- 
cation. 

August j j. — Some people mowing; wet towards night. 

August 12. — Cloudy day; raking some hay towards night ; very 
rainy night ; roads flowing with water like spring time. 

August 13. — Some people mowing; at Capt. Strang's and Mrs. 
Lee's. 

August 14. — St. John and Cronk mowing east meadow; raking 
hay. 

August 15. — Clear day and good for hay; boys raking hay; in 
study &c. 

August 16. — Preached at Red Mills, Titus i. 15; 1 Peter i. 18; 
administered the Sacrament; rode home. 

August 17. — Carting hay &c; Messrs. Smith and Simons came 
here. 

August 18. — Stacking hay [in] east meadow; hot day. 

August 19. — At Mr. J. Lee's, &c. ; Mr. Simons went from here; 
O how hard ray heart. 

August 20. — At home, reading &c. 

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August 21. — At home, reading and attending to worldly matters. 

August 22. — Studying and reading ; still remains cloudy weather, 
and has been for a long time. 

August 23. — Preached at Yorktown, Zachariah x. 4; Luke i. 61. 

August 24. — At home ; haying &c. 

August 25. — Deacon Lane mowing east meadow ; hot day ; raking 
hay. 

August 26. — Set off for Waterbury; hot day; staid at Colonel 
Baldwin's at New Town. 

August 27. — Rode to Salem ; found friends in health. 

August 28. — Visiting friends &c. 

August 29. — At Salem &c. 

August 30. — Preached at Salem, Job xxiii. 3-4; Ephesians vi. 16. 

August 31. — At Salem, some rain. 

September 1. — Set off for home ; staid at Danbury at White's. 



September 2 

divine goodness. 

September 3 

September 4 

reading. 

September 5 
September 6 



— Rode home; cloudy day; family well through 

O that my heart may rejoice in God at all times. 
— Clear and cool, library day. 
— At home; attending to common worldly business; 



-Studying and reading &c. 

-Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians iii. 10; full 



meeting. O may the Word take effect on my heart and others. 

September 7. — Very rainy morning. 

September 8. — Rode to Carmel; attending Divine Service; Mr. 
Cornwell preached ; staid at Mr. Webb's. 

September 9. — Attended Society Meeting at Abraham Smith's ; 
adjourned to second Wednesday in January ; staid at Esq 1 " Lane's. 

September 10. — Rode home; hot weather. 

September 11. — At Captain Carman's. 

September 12. — Studying &c &c. 

September 13. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms xxxi. 1, 6 and 17; 
staid at R. Curry's. 

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September 14. — At Peekskill; reckoned with trustees at Peekskill; 
rode home. 

September 15. — At Esq 1 ' Lane's; hot day; Bill Lewis here. 

September 16. — Joseph from York; cloudy day; Cronk mowing. 

September 17. — Turning hay and other domestic concerns. 

September 18. — Studying &c, and haying; some rain. 

September 19. — Studying and reading &c. 

September 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms cxix. 4. 

September 21. — Carting hay; finished it. 

September 22. — Cronk making wall by the barn ; at Frost's, B. 
Wright's, Abraham Wright's 2!)C &c. 

September 23. — At home; Mrs. Constant not well. 

September 24. — Preached funeral [sermon at] Peter Marshall's. 

September 25. — Sowing wheat &c. 



""Abraham Wright's cattle-mark was recorded at Cortlandt Manor, 16 Decem- 
ber, 1766. He lived in that part of the Manor which was afterwards known as 
Stephentown. His will, executed 19 March, 1791, proved 25 November, 1795, made 
bequests to son Benjamin, to David and James, sons of Abraham Wright, Junr.. 
to Milicent Wright, to daughter Martha, wife of Joseph Osborne, to her son. 
Samuel Osborne, and to the heirs of Sylvanus Reynor, deceased. His son, Benja- 
min Wright, was born 13 September, 1734, died 22 November, 1823, and was buried 
in the East yard at Yorktown. At the age of eighty-five years he was baptized and 
received into the church of which Mr. Constant was pastor. He married, 22 May, 
1757, Milicent Purdy, born 3 October, 1735, died 25 June, 1820. Their children 
were : 

1. Abraham Wright, born 17 March. 1758; married Esther . 

2. Elizabeth Wright, born 9 May, 1761 ; married Hunt, and predeceased 

her father. 

3. Abijah Wright, born 13 November, 1763. His children, Sarah Elizabeth. 

Benjamin, and Joseph, were mentioned in the will of his father, bearing 
date 20 July, 1812. 

4. Benjamin Wright, born 26 November, 1768; died 21 October, 1839; married. 

28 April, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Ephraim Beadle (see note 141), born 
12 May, 1771 ; died 23 May, 1838. His sons Benjamin and Joseph were 
legatees under the will of their grandfather. 

5. Martha Wright, born 22 June, 1771 ; died 21 October, i860: married, 21 May. 

1789, Hon. Joel Frost (see note 197). 

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September 26. — Studying, sowing wheat. 

September 27. — Preached at Yorktown, John iii. 16; rainy day; 
thin meeting. 

September 28. — Warm, cloudy morning; at home, &c. &c. 

September 29. — Presbytery met here, Mr. Overton preached &c. 

September 30. — Presbytery here &c. &c. 

October 1. — Presbytery adjourned to New Fairfield, at Mr. 
Rogers's, second Tuesday in May next. 

October 2. — Cool, pleasant morning; George picking corn. 

October 3. — Studying, &c. 

October 4. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah xiii. 6, 7; Romans 
vii. 14. O that the Lord would come and show his power and grace. 

October 5. — Warm morning; at Dr. Strang's; at Peekskill, 
Dusenbury's, J. T.'s, D. B.'s and O. Sands's. 

October 6. — At Henry Carman's, Mr. Conkling's, J. Strang's 
and J. Highat's. 

October 7. — At home, Messrs. Lee and Blair [here] ; [the] latter 
preached at meeting house [in] evening; staid all night. 

October 8. — Blair went home; George finished picking corn, 
wetish day. 

October 9. — Fair day; digging potatoes; picking winter 
apples &c. 

October 10. — Studying, warm day; rode to Peekskill; staid at 
R. Curry's. 

October 11. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms xix. 7; very rainy 
forenoon ; staid at R. Curry's. 

October 12. — Very pleasant day; rode home; at Mrs. Budd's. 

October 13. — At Dr. White's, Strang's. 

October 14. — Joseph from Salem, Rossiter came here; gathering 
beans. 

October 15. — Rainy morning; very wet season. 

October 16. — Joseph went to Salem; at John Pullen's, [and] 
Walter Ward's. 

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October 17. — Studying &c. &c. 

October 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews xii. t ; cool days; 
O, may the pleasure of the Lord prosper here. 

October 19. — Carting stalks &c. 

October 20. — At home; attending to domestic affairs. 

October 21. — At Captain Highat's; married David Travis and 
Phebe Highat. 

October 22. — At Deacon Knapp's, reckoned with him ; at meeting 
house, trustees here, reckoned with them. 

October 23. — At home; studying. 

October 24. — Rode to John Lent's ; preached &c. ; church meet- 
ing. 

October 25. — Preached at Peekskill, John xii. 23 ; administered 
the Sacrament, preached Psalms vi. 3, 4. 

October 26. — Set off for Presbytery; at Kakiate; at Dodd's. 

October 27. — Rode to Parsippany ; at Mr. Green's ; attended Pres- 
bytery; at Deacon Howell's. 

October 28. — Attended Presbytery ; adjourned to first Tuesday 
of June next at Middletown. 

October 29. — Set off for home; at Kakiate; [at] Mr. Coe's. 

October 30. — Rode home. It has been pleasant weather all this 
week. Blessed be God for his goodness. 

October 31. — Studying &c. 

November 1. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John i. 2; Psalms ix. 
10; contribution for cleaning meeting-house. 

November 2. — At home ; at Captain Strang's ; Judge Lee's ; Lent 
here to board. 

November 3. — At Deacon Knapp's. Joseph set off for York; 
pleasant day. 

November 4. — Cleaning buckwheat; George gone to Fishkill. 

November 5. — Finished cleaning buckwheat. 

November 6. — At Captain Strang's ; [and] Mrs. Budd's; George 
came home at night. 

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November 7. — Studying forenoon; preached at Yorktown, in the 
afternoon, Sacramental lecture ; church meeting. 

November 8. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews ii. 14, 15; Ro- 
mans viii. 34 ; Administered the Sacrament ; pleasant day ; full meet- 
ing. O, may God's grace be manifested among us in converting 
sinners to God. 

November 9. — Rainy morning. 

November 10. — At home; making fence at the barn, &c; pleas- 
ant day. 

November 1 1 . — Pleasant weather ; married Ebenezer Strang and 
Jemima Conkling. 

November 12. — At John Carman's, Horton's [and] Pullen's; 
carried eight books to John Carman [also] eleven pamphlets. 

November 13. — Rode to Mr. Townley's, 297 preached Revelation 
xiv. 17; funeral of Mrs. Townley. 

November 14. — Rode home. It has been pleasant weather for 
three weeks. 

November 15. — Preached at Yorktown, Numbers xxiii. 23. 

297 The Rev. John Townley, one of Mr. Constant's associates in the West- 
chester Presbytery, was, like Mr. Constant, Congregational in feeling. He served 
the Presbyterian Church of Greenburg, now Elmsford, which was first organized 
under his ministry in 1790, until about 1802. In 1804 he organized the first Presby- 
terian Church of Newport, Rhode Island, which erected a house of worship on 
Elizabeth Street and occupied it until 1809, when the Society became embarrassed 
and the church building sold. Mr. Townley returned to Westchester County and 
resided at Yorktown, ministering to the churches at Peekskill and Greenburg. He 
died 1 March, 1812, aged seventy-two years and two days, and is buried in the 
graveyard of the church he founded. His will, bearing date 14 January, 181 1, 
describes him as " a minister of the gospel," gives to wife Rachel " the farm on 
west side of Crompond Street in Yorktown," and makes provision for son John T. 
W. Townley, daughters Jane D. and Ann I., the latter not eighteen, and grand- 
daughter Mary Summers Nicoll. He married (1) Lydia , who died 11 Novem- 
ber, 1795, in her fiftieth year, and was buried, as above, at Greenburg. He was 
married (2), by Mr. Constant, to Rachel Williams, 7 May, 1797. She died 2 August, 
1840, aged seventy-six years ; and their daughter Janet D. Townley died 15 Feb- 
ruary, 1831, aged twenty-five years ; and both were buried in the church-yard at 
Greenburg. 

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November 16. — Cloudy day; George plowing. 

November 17. — Rode to Peekskill &c. 

November 18. — At home. 

November 19. — At William Horton's; preached 1 Peter ii. 4; 
pleasant weather. 

November 20. — Went to church meeting at Deacon Knapp's; 
Chester here from Waterbury. 

November 21. — Studying &c. 

November 22. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Peter ii. 4; in the even- 
ing at Esq 1 " Travis's, 1 John i. 9; staid at Mr. Birdsall's. 

November 23. — At Landing; rode home; cool day. 

November 24. — At home; attending to domestic affairs, &c. 

November 25. — Killed hogs; Chester Hoadley went home. 

November 26. — Frost here; bought cattle. 

November 27. — Rode to John Likely's, preached Revelation xxi. 
1-2; [in the] evening at Sellick's, 1 John i. 9. 

November 28. — Rode to Captain John Highat's; reckoned with 
him. 

November 29. — Preached at Yorktown. 

November 30. — At home; pleasant for the season; Lent came 
here to board. 

December 1. — Attending to domestic affairs. 

December 2. — Rode to David Griffin's; married 29S Tomp- 
kins and Phebe Griffin ; at Horton's, [and] Hadden's ; windy day. 

- 9S According to George W. Tomkins, Esqr., of Newark, New Jersey, who has 
devoted much time to the study of the Tompkins, or Tomkins, family, Phebe Griffin 
married, as above, Gilbert Tompkins, son of John Tomkins, by his wife Sarah 
Barker, born near Croton Dam, about 1766, and died in Yorktown in 1838. Gilbert 
Tompkins died childless, and a contest over his will followed, during which Mrs. 
Sarah Montross testified that Gilbert's wife was her sister. Joseph Montross 
married, 19 February, 1787, Sarah Griffin. Her will of 26 July, 1838. divided her 
estate between Jacob Montross's children, David Montross's children, Pamelia 
Flewellen and her heirs, Samuel Tompkins and his heirs, and Catharine, wife of 
Samuel Tompkins. 

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December 3. — At home; library day. 

December 4. — Church meeting at Deacon Knapp's. 

December 5. — Studying; some people cutting wood; St. John 
bought Forman's farm. 

December 6. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms lxxiii. 28; in the 
evening at Curry's, Proverbs iv. 1 , 2. 

December 7. — At J. Carman's ; rode home ; David Highat carting 
wood ; Blair came here to board. 

December 8. — At home, &c. ; rainy day. 

December 9. — At home ; getting wood. 

December 10. — Sore eyes; so I cannot read. 

December 11. — At Captain Purdy's; preached at Highat Lane's, 
Isaiah xlv. last, pleasant weather. 

December 12. — At home; studying; sore eyes; Blair went away. 

December 13. — Preached at Carmel, Psalms xlv. 4; administered 
the Sacrament. 

December 14. — Rode home; Blair returned ; cool, windy day. 

December 15. — Sore eyes; not able to read ; killed hogs and cow. 

December 16. — Finished salting meat; rode to the Kill; at J. 
Lent's, C. Hait's [and] J. Travis's. 

December 17. — At home; Mrs. Delancey here. 

December 18. — Sore eyes and face. 

December 19. — Studying &c &c. 

December 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians ii. 13-14; Mat- 
thew xxv. 27 ; snow to-day ; sore face. 

December 21. — Pleasant day; took physic. 

December 22. — At home ; in woods with George. 

December 23. — At John Brewer's; Lent went home. 

December 24. — Rode to Carmel; married David Austin and 
Sarah Travis ; rode to Peekskill ; married Zopher Jones and Polly 
Brown; staid at Denton Duzenbury's; Blair went to Kakiate. 

December 25. — Christmas day; at Hait's, D. Birdsall's, 
Sands's, &c. 

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December 26. — Rainy day; studying; face much better. 

December 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews vii. 25. 

December 28. — Went to the Kill with oats; got boards &c; lent 
money to Davis, £2-12-10. 

December 29. — Pleasant day ; at home ; in study. 

December 30. — Wetish day ; at home &c. 

December 31. — Church meeting' at Judge Lee's; married Samuel 

Strang and Katy White. So ends the year. May God pardon what 

is amiss. 

1796 

January 1. — Rode to Esq 1 " Lane's, preached 1 Kings i. 18, 21 ; full 
meeting. May God's grace and power attend. O let my heart be 
more for God. It has been warm and pleasant for the most part of 
this season. 

January 2. — Very warm. Cronk hackling flax; studying. 

January 3. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke xv. i, 2; in the evening 
at J. Travis's, 1 Kings i. 18, 21. 

January 4. — At Hart's, Cortlandt's &c. ; Blair returned. 

January 5. — Pleasant day. 

January 6. — At home, &c. 

January 7. — Ditto. 

January 8. — Reading, &c, &c. 

January 9. — Studying, &c. 

January 10. — Preached at Yorktown. 

January 1 1 . — At home. 

January 12. — Rode to Carmel, Philographical Society. 

January 13. — Attended Society at Trowbridge's. 

January 14. — Eyes some better. 

January 15. — Mrs. Lee here, making breeches for me; Blair re- 
turned. 

January 16. — Studying &c, warm season. 

January 17. — Preached at Peekskill; snowy day, 1 Corinthians 
i. 30; at Cromwell's in the evening, Malachi i. 6. 

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January 18. — At Jones's, [and] PL's, T.'s, B.'s; got cloth for 
coat &c. 

January 19. — At home; good sleighing. 

January 20. — Good sleighing; pleasant weather. 

January 21. — At home, reading &c. 

January 22. — Preached funeral [sermon] at Briggs's. 298b 

January 23. — Studying &c; very warm. 

January 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah xxxi. 1, very pleas- 
ant ; full meeting. 

January 25. — At home; mending sled; Cato breaking flax. 

January 26. — Warm; very dry. 

January 2J. — Rode to Jonathan Ferris's ; 2 " married Henry Louns- 
bury and Phebe Ferris. 

January 28. — At home; good sleighing. 

January 29. — Studying, &c. 

January 30. — Studying; preached Sacramental lecture, 1 Corin- 
thians i. 10. 

January 31. — Preached at Yorktowm, John x. 9; Romans xii. 2; 
administered the Sacrament. 

February 1. — At D. Highat's, face sore. 

February 2. — At home ; good sleighing. 

February 3. — At St. John's, snowy day. 

^"George Briggs, of Yorktown (see note 184). 

^"Jonathan Ferris, of Cortlandt Manor, born 15 September, 1732, died 26 Au- 
gust, 1798. He made his will 23 February, 1798, under which his legatees were: wife 
Elizabeth ; eldest son Joseph ; son Caleb D.'s children, Jonathan, David, and Caleb, 
son Caleb D. deceased; sons Joshua, Benjamin, Jonathan, and Peter; daughters 
Sarah, wife of Richard Curry ; Susanna, wife of Smith Jones ; Deborah, wife of 
Benjamin Drake; Phebe, wife of Henry Lounsbury; daughters Elizabeth, Rebecca, 
and Phany, under age ; grandchildren Caleb Drake, Rachel Jones, and Benjamin 
Lounsbury. He is probably the Jonathan Ferris who, with Gilbert Ferris and 
Joshua Ferris, all then of Eastchester, conveyed, 21 February, 1755, to Mary 
Bonnet, of New Rochelle, widow of Peter Bonnet, land that had lately belonged 
to Peter Ferris deceased (New Rochelle Records 1, 261). His first wife was Rachel, 
daughter of Nicholas Dean of Yonkers; his second, Elizabeth Miller. 

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February 4. — Rode to Walter Ward's; preached in the evening, 
Philippians i. 9-10-11. Staid all night. Mr. Blair with me. * * * :; ' * 

February 5. — Rode to B. Wright's [and] Secord's; home; at 
Dr. White's in the afternoon. Mrs. Constant's heifer calved to-day. 

Februarv 6. — Studying, pleasant weather. O for a heart of grati- 
tude. 

February 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Galatians iii. 14; Hosea 
vii. 8 ; pleasant day ; good sleighing. 

February 8. — Drawing wood; Cato cutting wood ; Blair returned. 

February 9. — At Walter Ward's, Beagle's &c. 

February 10. — Snow and rain; sleighing gone. 

February n. — Sore face; rode to Daniel Secord's, preached Ro- 
mans viii. 3. 

February 12. — Rode home, and to Henry Carman's; preached 
2 Peter iii. last. 

February 13. — J. Travis and D. Mead worked at wood &c &c. 

February 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Titus i. 18; in the evening 
at Travis's, Job xxiii. 3, 4. 

February 15. — Rode home; paid Daniel Birdsall £2-0-0; cold day. 

February 16. — Pleasant day ; at home. 

February 17. — At home &c, rode to Robert Wright's : :! "° married 
Edmond Vermilier and Joanna Wright, 

February 18. — At Deacon Travis's [and] Henry Lane's: rode 
home; snow in the evening. 

February 19. — Clear and cold ; Mrs. Constant rode with me to 
Peekskill. 

February 20. — Studying; pleasant day. 

February 21. — Preached at Yorktown, John ix. 5; Hebrews ix. 

13. 1 4, 15- 

February 22. — Snow to-day ; rode to Peekskill ; married John 
Montross and Rachel Cronk; staid at J. Lent's. 

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February 23. — At Peekskill ; Depew killed an ox; rode to Carmel ; 
attended Presbytery ; Blair 301 went away. 

February 24. — Attended [the] ordination of Mr. Hickox, 302 very 
cold. 

February 25. — Rode home ; pleasant day ; Richard Curry here. 

February 26. — Warm day; -sleighing fails. 

February 27. — Studying; warm day; sent ox to Peekskill by St. 
John to kill &c; Blair returned. 

February 28. — Preached at Peekskill. Matthew vii. 11; in the 
evening at J. Jones's, Jeremiah li. 8. 

February 29. — Rainy day; rode to John Carman's; reckoned 
with him ; balanced accounts ; rode to Collaburg to John Clark's, 
married Isaac Odell and Betsy Clark; rode to Mr. Sands's, preached 
Psalms civ. last verse &c. 

March 1 . — Cloudy day ; rode home. 

March 2. — At Captain Strang's. 

March 3. — At home, library day: Judge Lee here. 

March 4. — Warm day, at Peekskill, preached Hebrews ii. 

March 5. — Studying; warm day; Hait Dyckman here. 

March 6. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians iii. 18; warm day. 

March 7. — At Henry Carman's; preached Psalms cvii. 4; funeral 
of his child ; very muddy riding. 

March 8. — At home ; reading &c. 

March 9. — Ditto. 

March 10. — At Mrs. Purdy's. 

March 1 1 . — At home, Capt. Strang here. 

March 12. — Studying; Captain Purdy here. 

01 The Rev. Allen Blair, a native of Ireland, who taught school at Red Mills. 
He studied theology under the Rev. Amzi Lewis, and was licensed to preach in 
1795. He became pastor of the Gilead Church at Carmel in 1812, and remained 
until 1815. He was for many years stated supply at the Red Mills church. He 
died 14 June, 1829, aged seventy-two years, and was buried in the Van Cortlandt 
cemetery at Peekskill. 

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March 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Deuteronomy xxvii. 19; 
Mark xiv. 7; very warm day. 

March 14. — Making fence at the barn, warm day. 

March 15. — Warm weather; snow almost gone; at home. 

March 16.- — Rainy, or misty day; grew cold and snowed; very 
windy. 

March 17. — Very cold; snow blows. 

March 18. — At Daniel Horton's; snow in the afternoon ; at Mrs. 
Conkling's ; 303 Mr. Blair preached. 

March 19. — Clear and cold; grows warmer; studying &c. &c. 

March 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke iv. 32 ; Ephesians v. 
10; warm day; very muddy. Oh may the word do good to some. 

3U3 Jane, the widow of John Conklin, who was a tenant on the Philipse Patent, 
13 October, 1768, when Beverly Robinson, Esqr., in a letter to Margaret Philipse, 
mentioned him among other settlers on the Patent. The will of John Conklin, 
dated 29 June, 1787, described him as of Crompond, and named sons Jeremiah, 
John, who was to have lands in Westchester County, Drake, and Timothy, to the 
latter of whom he bequeathed lands in Dutchess County at his majority. His 
daughters, Jane and Abigail, wife Jane, and grandchildren John, son of Jeremiah 
Conklin, and John, son of Annanias Jones, were also provided for. Mr. Conklin 
was buried 3 March, 1790, when Mr. Constant preached the funeral sermon. (See 
note 174.) His widow, Jane, above, executed her will 30 December, 1802, proved 
17 October, 181 1. Her legatees were the sons before given, daughters Abigail For- 
man, Phebe Jones, and Jane Lee, and grandchildren Jane, daughter of Jeremiah 
Conklin, Jane Knapp, Jane, and Abigail, daughters of Drake Conklin. Sarah, daugh- 
ter of John Conklin, Hannah, daughter of Timothy Conklin and Eliza Lee. Mrs. 
Conklin was a member of Mr. Constant's church, as were several of her children. 
Of these latter, Drake Conklin married, 13 December, 1792, Esther Knapp, who 
died 3 August, 1838, aged sixty-nine years, three months, and twenty-seven days. 
He died 10 February, 1839, aged sixty-nine years, eight months, and nineteen 
days. John Conklin married, 11 January, 1794, Anna Hadden. Timothy Conklin, 
born 24 September, 1775; died 15 January, 1814; married, 9 December, 1797, Han- 
nah, daughter of Deacon Abijah Lee by his wife Dorcas Woolsey, born 12 February, 
1780; died 28 November, 1798. Timothy Conklin was a quartermaster in the war 
of 1812, and died at Clinton, New York, in the discharge of his official duties. Jane 
Conklin married, 31 December, 1797, Joseph Lee, who died 12 April, 1866, aged 
ninety-one years, three months, and twenty-four days. She died 28 March, 1829. 
aged forty-four years. 

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March 21. — Cool morning; east wind. 

March 22. — At home ; snow melts. 

March 23. — Warm day; at home; reading. 

March 24. — At D. Horton's ; in woods with Moses Knapp ; warm. 

March 25. — Making fence in east meadow. 

March 26. — Studying ; rode to Peekskill ; staid at R. Curry's. 

March 27. — Preached at Peekskill, Jeremiah xxxvii. 9; Isaiah 
ix. 6; in the evening at Esq r Travis's, Isaiah x. 3. 

March 28. — Doing business in forenoon with sundry people ; rode 
home in the rain ; Elisha Lane making cart body. 

March 29. — Lane making cart body; Nelly Mervine moved to 
my house. 

March 30. — Lane finished cart. 

March 31. — George drawing timber &c. 

April 1. — George began to plow stalk-land. 

April 2. — Lane making plow; in study; it has been warm for a 
week past ; grass begins to grow. 

April 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Galatians ii. 14; Isaiah lxv. 18; 
warm day. 

April 4. — Warm day ; at home. 

April 5. — Warm weather; town meeting; sent one crown to 
Joseph by Mr. Lee. 

April 6. — At home; attending to my domestic concerns. 

April 7. — Pleasant weather ; Blair to Kakiate ; dry season. 

April 8. — At Miller's; John Carman's; preached in the evening, 
Exodus xiv. 

April 9. — At Smith Jones's ; home ; studying ; Rosetta picked the 
geese. 

April 10. — Preached [at] Peekskill, Genesis vi. ; Esther — . 

April 11. — Cool, dry weather; Messrs. Townley and Lewis here. 

April 12. — Pleasant morning. 

April 13. — Rode to Sing-Sing; married Daniel Strang and Sarah 
Rider; at Montross's. 

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April 14. — At home; George sowing oats ; some rain. 

April 15. — Reading &c; sowing oats. 

April 16. — Studying &c. 

April 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew ix. 12; Psalms 
cii. 16. 

April 18. — Warm day; Gilbert Covert came here to work; split- 
ting rails; warm day. 

April 19. — Worked at fence with Ray ; rode to Red Mills Society. 

April 20. — Attended Society, rode home; Society adjourned to 
North Stamford last Wednesday of June. 

April 21. — At home &c. Mrs. Constant sick. 

April 22. — Finished sowing oats, &c; studying &c. 

April 23. — Studying; preached Sacramental lecture at meeting- 
house; Blair returned. 

April 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts xiii. 48; administered the 
Sacrament; Mr. Blair preached. 

April 25. — Sowed flax &c fettered sheep. 

April 26. — Joseph set off for York ; sent to Davis £1-4-0. 

April 2J. — Election day ; rain towards night. 

April 28. — Plowed garden ; warm, growing weather. O, for a 
heart to live for God. 

April 29. — At home &c. 

April 30. — Studying. 

May 1. — Preached at Yorktown. 

May 2. — Rode to David Hyatt's, Highat Lane's 304 &c. 

301 Hyatt Lane, so frequently mentioned in these pages, Stephen, and Joseph 
Lane, were sons of Daniel Lane, of the Manor of Cortlandt, who recorded his cattle- 
mark 17 June, 1759, and who sold a negro to Dr. Robert Weeks, 1 December, 
1763. His will, proved 8 March, 1775, divided his estate between the above-named 
sons, and constituted his son Hyatt executor. The will of Hyatt Lane was made 
15 September, 1802, and proved 12 July, 1803. The legatees were wife Catharine, 
sons Peter, Elisha, Caleb, and Robert, daughters Charity and her daughter Letitia. 
Mary Conklin. and Jerusha Burgdurfer. Peter Lane was the Deacon Lane of the 
Yorktown church, to whom frequent reference is made. He was made elder in 

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May 3. — At Dr. White's, &c. 
May 4. — George picking up stones [in] meadow. 
May 5. — Cool weather this week. 
May 6. — At home &c. 

May 7. — Studying, rode to the Kill, staid at Mr. Birdsall's. 
May 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke iv. 19; Revelation iii. ; rode 
home. 

May 9. — Set off for Presbytery ; staid at Captain Brown's ; rainy 

day. 

. May 10. — Rode to New Fairfield to Mr. Rogers's; preached 
Luke iv. 32 ; attended presbytery. 

May 1 1 . — Attended presbytery. 

May 12. — Rainy morning; rode home; at Mrs. Budd's, who died 
this evening; cool weather; general training. 

May 13. — Pleasant day; Mr. Blair came here. 

May 14. — Mrs. Budd buried; rode to North Stamford. 

May 15. — Preached at North Stamford, Job xxiii. 3, 4; Hebrews 
xii. 1. 

May 16. — Rode home; dropping corn; Mr. Lewis came here. 

May 17. — Rode to Carmel ; attended church meeting; rode home. 

May 18. — Cloudy morning; rainy day; at home; reading &c. 

May 19. — At home; wetishday; very cool. 

May 20. — Studying &c. 

May 21. — Rode to Peekskill, preached at Israel Lockwood's, John 
xiv. 15. 

May 22. — Preached at Peekskill, Matthew xxvi. 38; Thessalo- 
nians v. ; in the evening at Birdsall's, Isaiah xlv. 13. 



November, 1817. He died 12 December, 1821, aged sixty-seven years, eleven months, 
and twenty-five days. His will of 5 October, 1821, makes wife Elizabeth sole 
legatee. Elisha Lane married Nancy Dillingham (see note 199) ; their son, Wil- 
liam S. Lane, married Adalina Hyatt (see note 248). Caleb Lane married, 20 
January, 1790, Susanna Hilliker. Robert Lane married, 25 January, 1794, Ame 
Parent. Mary Lane married, 5 August, 1801, Benjamin Conklin. 

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May 23. — Rode home ; Joseph from York ; George began to plow- 
buckwheat at Lane's. 

May 24. — Rainy clay ; at home. 

May 25. — At Israel Lockwood's; preached funeral sermon; his 
daughter dead ; rainy day ; at Dr. Strang's ; rode home. 

May 26. — At home; studying; reading. 

May 27. — Making fence ; a warm day. 

May 28. — Studying, Travis making fence. 

May 29. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs viii. last; Acts 
iii. 23. 

May 30. — Rainy morning. 

May 31. — Joseph set off for York; sent to Davis three dol- 
lars for ? 

June 1. — Cool weather. 

June 2. — Corn rooted up by hogs; in orchard, planting &c. ; 
library day; Mr. Hickox here; Society Meeting. 

June 3. — Planting corn over again. 

June 4. — Studying. 

June 5. — Preached at Yorktown; Proverbs xxii. 1; John vi. 45. 
. June 6. — Foggy morning; Gil[bert] came to work for me. 

June 7. — Boys hoeing; Travis finished the wall. 

June 8. — Rode to Widow r Owens's; preached John vi. 45; at Dr. 
Strang's. 

June 9. — Plowing corn in orchard. 

June 10. — Boys drawing stone; some rain in the afternoon. 

June 11. — Boys drawing stone &c. ; studying; cloudy weather: 
Gilbert gone home. 

June 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms cxv. 5; Romans xv. 5. 

June 13. — Mrs. White here; clear day; at Mrs. Delancey's. 

June 14.— At Peekskill ; reckoned with C. Dusenbury ; sent Eol 
salt to York. 

June 15. — Cloudy morning; planted white beans; new of the 
moon. 

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June 1 6.— At Dr. White's. 

June 17. — At home; Blair went from here. 

June 18. — Studying &c. 

June 19. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms lxxxix. 6. 

June 20. — At home. 

June 21. — At home; George finished plowing buckwheat ground. 

June 22. — Began to hoe; plowing corn. 

June 23. — Plowing corn at Frost's. 

June 24. — Reading &c. 

June 25. — Studying; dry weather; married Thomas Barnes and 
Sarah Moser. 

June 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians ii. 15; Luke 
xiii. 28. 

June 27. — At home; George hoeing; at Aaron Carman's. 

June 28. — Rode to North Stamford, to Philographical Society. 

June 29. — Attended Philographical Society. 

June 30. — Rode to Bedford, preached Psalms civ. last; some 
rain. 

July 1. — At home; reading &c. 

July 2. — Preached funeral sermon ; Mrs. Strang 305 dead, &c. 

July 3. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke vii. 9; 2 Thessalonians i. 10; 
hot day. 

July 4. — At home ; George began to plow buckwheat ground. 

July 5. — At home; at Carman's &c. ; Travis and Deacon Lane 
mowing. 

July 6. — Gilbert came here to work; worked at hay; hot, dry 
weather. 

July 7. — Worked at hay; raking [and] carting. 

July 8. — Finished the meadow east of road ; rode to Carmel, at- 
tended church meeting ; very hot weather. 

July 9. — Studying ; Gilbert hoeing orchard. 

^Anna Haight, second wife of Major Joseph Strang, of Yorktown (see note 
283). 

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July 10. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxii. 39; Romans 
viii. 8. 

July n. — At John Lee's, his wife sick; Judge Lee here. 

July 12. — AtPeekskill; sent £1-1- to Davis. 

July 13. — St. John cut rye at the barn. 

July 14. — Rode to Joseph Ellis's; married David Crandle and 
Mary Ellis; rainy afternoon. 

July 15. — George finished buckwheat. 

July 16. — St. John and Travis cradling wheat; studying; preached 
Sacramental lecture, 2 Thessalonians i. chapter. 

July 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Genesis ix. 12; Titus ii. 14; 
administered Sacrament. 

July 18. — Raking wheat; carted wheat and rye into barn. 

July 19. — George hoeing lower piece of corn. 

July 20. — At home. 

July 21. — Plowing corn. 

July 22. — Rode to Gilbert Forman's; 300 D. Knapp's. 

July 23. — Studying &c. 

July 24. — Preached at Yorktown. 1 Peter iii. 9; Romans v. 10. 
O, may God appear for his cause. 

July 25. — Cool morning; George hoeing for St. John; at Esq 1- 
Smith's ; Solomon Smith's and Whitney's. 

July 26. — At Captain Carman's ; George pulling flax. 

July 27. — Sowing turnips ; reading. 

July 28. — George thrashing; carried to mill. 

July 29. — At home &c. 

July 30. — Rode to Kill; Mrs. Constant with me; at Curry's. 



008 Gilbert Forman lived at Yorktown. He devised his estate. 24 April, 1821, 
to daughters Sarah Smith, Hannah, Catharine, Elizabeth, Pamelia, and Susanna 
Forman, and to sons Benjamin and Joseph. He married Elizabeth, daughter of 
Joseph Fowler, of Yorktown. Their daughter Pamelia, married her cousin John 
Fowler, son of Joseph Fowler by his wife Sarah Whitney, born 23 July, 1786; died 
8 August, 1865. (For issue of latter, see Whitney Genealogy.) 

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July 31. — Preached at Peekskill, Galatians vi. 4; Luke xxiii. 28; 
funeral of Mrs. Travis. 307 

August 1. — Preached at funeral of Miss Lee, Ecclesiastes vi. 1; 
Deacon Lane and J. Travis carting oats. 

August 2. — Sent sheep to Paulding's ; raking oats. 

August 3. — Raking oats; rode to Jacob Carpenter's; married 
David Birdsall and Polly Carpenter. 

August 4. — Some hands mowing east meadow. 

August 5. — Raking hay; very tired. 

August 6. — Like for rain ; studying &c. 

August 7. — Preached at Yorktown. Philippians i. 27; Joseph 
from York. 

August 8. — Stacking hay in east meadow. 

August 9. — Carting oats; very hot day. 

August 10. — Some hands mowing east meadow; making hay. 

August 11. — Stacking hay &c. 

August 12. — Unwell; at home &c. 

August 13. — Unwell; some better. 

August 14. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews i. 1. Some rain; 
rode home. 

August 15. — Stacking hay; finished east meadow. 

August 16. — George finished mowing; at Judge Lee's to see his 
daughter Sally, who is sick. 

August 17. — Finished hay; trustees met here. 

August 18. — At home; very dry weather. 

August 19. — At home; reading &c; Rosetta's finger very sore, 
and has been for two weeks ; some better. 

301 First wife of Joseph Travis, storekeeper, prominent citizen, and sloop- 
master, of Peekskill, born 1755 ; died 5 June, 1822. His second wife was Sarah 
Hyatt, born 1764; died 15 June, 1835. His children were: I. Captain James B. 
Travis, born 1785; died 5 November, 1848; married Susan Hyatt. She died 16 
July, 1870. Issue : Susan ; Rebecca A. ; Joseph H., died young ; and Jane O., 
died 1837. 2. Captain John Travis, who married and had one child, John L., born 
1814, died 11 February, 1863. 3. Phebe Travis, died unmarried. 

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August 20. — Studying &c. 

August 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew x. 29. O, may 
God appear for his cause. 

August 22. — At Judge Lee's; George began to plow oats and 
stubble. 

August 23. — At home; Robert Lee here; very dry. 

August 24. — Reading magazine. 

August 25. — Rode to Esq r Crosby's ; 30S staid all night at Mr. 
Hickox's. 

August 26. — Rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's, preached Psalms 
cvii. last; at Millers. 

August 27. — Studying, rode to Pell Sutton's ; 309 married Levi 
Carpenter and Phana Sutton. 

308 Enoch Crosby, youngest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Crosby, who is char- 
acterized as Harvey Birch in Cooper's famous story " The Spy," was born at Har- 
wich, Massachusetts, '5 January, 1750, and accompanied his parents to the present 
town of Carmel in 1753. During the Revolution he was the valued secret agent of 
the government, and afterwards he located in the town of Southeast, Dutchess, now 
Putnam, County, on the west side of the Croton Reservoir, near the Tilly Foster 
Iron Mine. For many years he was justice of the peace and one of the associate 
judges of the Court of Common Pleas in 1812-13. He was also supervisor of 
Southeast in those years, and one of the deacons of the Gilead Church of Carmel. 
in the graveyard of which a stone still marks his resting-place. He died 26 June. 
1835. He married (1), in 1785, Sarah Kniffen, widow of Ephraim Nickerson, born 
14 January, 1755; died 4 September, 1811; and (2) Margaret, widow of Colonel 
Benjamin Green. She died 22 March, 1825, aged sixty-four years, three months, 
and twenty days. (For children and descendants of, see New York Genealogical 
and Biographical Record, xviii. 88-89, and for portrait, Lossing's Field Book of tin- 
Revolution. ) 

309 John Pell Sutton married, 6 April, 1775, Wyntic or Winifred Montross. 
His will of 18 February, 1806, proved 25 March, 1807, described him as of Stephen- 
town, and made bequests to son John Pell Sutton, wife Winifred, four daughters, 
and sons-in-law Levi Carpenter and John C. Vought. His widow Winifred, who 
was on Mr. Constant's church membership list, executed her will at Yorktown. - 1 ') 
December, 1823, proved 15 May, 1824, and named therein daughters Fanny Carpen- 
ter, Polly Vought. Abigail Frost, and Phebe Brown. The eldest daughter, Fanny, 
married, as above. Levi Carpenter: Mary married, 20 November, 1800, John Chris- 
tian Vought, called in the Journal simply John Christian: Abigail married, [2 

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August 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xvii. 5 ; John 

viii. 37. 

August 29. — Rosetta's finger better; George carting wood, very 

hot and dry. 

August 30. — Rode to Kill; sent for boot legs to York; visit- 
ing. 

August 31. — Mr. Overton here and Mr. Blair. 

September 1. — Library day. 

September 2. — Rainy day ; George lame. 

September 3. — Rainy for some part of day ; studying &c. 

September 4. — Preached at Yorktown; Acts iii. 21. 

September 5. — Rode to Kill ; at Miller's ; paid him for leather, 
£1-2-6. 

September 6. — At Judge Lee's. 

September 7. — Moving fence; Society meeting. 

September 8. — Rode to Crawford's; preached Psalms cvii. last; 
to Deacon Travis's; preached Romans viii. 

September 9. — Rode home; rain last night. 

September 10. — Studying, &c. &c. 

September 11. — Preached [at] Peekskill, John xvi. 18; 

September 12. — Rode to William Dusenbury's; preached funeral 
sermon. 2 Kings xx. 1 ; Mrs. Oakley dead ; began to sow rye. 

March, 1807, James Frost; John Sutton, born 4 February, 1782, died 22 June, i860, 
married, 17 June, 1809, Betsy Archer. The latter taught school in Yorktown and 
was the author of verses '' on the Untimely Death of three Brothers that were 
drowned on Sunday the third day of September, 1809, in a pond commonly known 
as Crum pond, Yorktown, Westchester County, and State of New York. They 
were decently interred in the church-yard at the Scrub Oak Meeting-House, upon 
which occasion a sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Constant to a numerous 
concourse of Spectators. The parents of the children were James and Eunice 
Green. The children were David, Jeremiah, and James. The eldest of the three 
was eleven years, nine months, and ten days old ; the youngest was six years, eleven 
months, and ten days old." The verses were printed in 1809 by Robert Crumbie, 
Peekskill. Reprinted April, 1864, by J. H. Hager, Poughkeepsie, and again reprinted, 
October, 1886, by Foshay Brothers. Peekskill. 

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September 13. — At home; preparing for journey to Waterbury. 



September 14 

town. 

September 15 
September 16 
September 17 
September 18 

xci. I. 

September 19 
September 20 
September 21 
September 22 

blessed be God. 
September 23 
September 24 
September 25 



— Set off for Waterbury; hot day; staid at New- 

— Rode to Waterbury; found friends well. 
—At Terrill's, &c. 
— Studying, &c. 
-Preached at Salem, Psalms cvii. last: Psalms 

-Rode to Waterbury town. 

-Visiting &c. 

-Set off for home; staid at Mrs. Camp's. 

-Rode to Captain Brown's ; at home, family well ; 



-At home; cutting up corn and drawing, 
-Studying; though much hindered. 
-Preached [at] Peekskill, John iii. 24-5: preached 
at funeral of Francis Strang, at methodist meeting-house. Lamenta- 
tions ii. 22. 

September 26. — Very dry; sowing rye behind the barn. Gilbert 
came here to work. Harrock and Blair here two days. 

September 27. — Rode to Mr. Townley's, to attend presbytery; 
rainy day. 

September 28. — Attended presbytery ; rainy daw 

September 29. — Preached 2 Timothy ii. 15; adjourned to Carmel 
the second Tuesday of May next ; staid at John Rosel's. 

September 30. — Rode home, family well. 

October 1 . — Studying. 

October 2. — Preached at Yorktown. 

October 3. — At home; pleasant weather; married John Oakley 
and Sarah Depew. 310 

October 4. — Studying. 



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October 9. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John iii. 10. 

October 10. — Rode to the Kill; sent money to Mr. Marsh, for 
myself and Overton, £6-8-0. 

October 1 1 . — Thomas Lewis went home ; at home ; husking corn 
in evening; boys finished thrashing buckwheat. 

October 12. — Warm day; stacked stalks &c. 

October 13. — Gathering winter apples &c. 

October 14. — Rode to Miller's and Captain John Highat's; bought 
sheep of him. 

October 15. — Studying; warm day; very dry. 

October 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians i. 14; Psalms 
cxxxix. 1 2-3 ; rainy day, few people at meeting. 

October 17. — Cool, pleasant weather; Miss Hait here. 

October 18. — George picking up apples; measuring fence and 
dividing it with Judge Lee. 

October 19. — At Requa's; Felt's [and] Carman's. 

October 20. — At home, &c. 

October 21. — Attending to domestic affairs &c. 

October 22. — Studying &c. 

October 23. — Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians iv. 5, Ephesians 
iv. 10; in the evening at Thomas Depue's, Luke xix. 

October 24. — Rode to the Highlands, preached [at the] church. 
Psalms xci. 1 ; staid at Mr. Nelson's. 311 

October 25. — Rode to Mr. McCoy's ; preached 1 Corinthians iv. 
last ; rode home ; David Lewis here. 

October 26. — Warm, and has been for some time. 

October 27. — David Lewis and St. John set off for Salem ; finished 
winnowing buckwheat ; married John Haviland and Anna Frost. 

October 28. — At Daniel Horton's, &c. 

October 29. — Studying; pleasant weather. 

October 30. — Preached at Yorktown. Luke xv. ; Luke xii. 
2 9> 30. 31- 

,u See Nelson family, in Appendix. 
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October 31. — Married Prior Frost 312 and [Abigail] Loder; pleas- 
ant day; reckoned with trustees for year 1794. 

November 1. — Cold day ; at Judge Lee's ; in [the] study. 

November 2. — Cool morning; Dr. White here. 

November 3. — At Deacon Lane's; at Jesse Fowler's. 

November 4. — At Esq r Lane's; James Perry's; [and] Henry Car- 
man's; preached at John Strang's, Luke xiv. 23. 

November 5. — Studying; married Isaac Cane and Leah Lent. 

November 6. — Preached at Peekskill, [at] Dutch Church, Ephe- 
sians vi. 16. 

November 7. — At Peekskill, Travis's &c, at Mrs. Brewer's; Mr. 
Blair preached at meeting house in the evening. 

November 8. — At Deacon Knapp's; Daniel Horton's: Mrs. Cov- 
ert's and Captain Strang's. 

November 9. — At Deacon Lane's, at home. 

November 10. — At Frost's, bought hat for George at Walter 
Ward's; preached Psalms cvii. last. 

November 11. — Rode to W. Beagle's; to Esq r Lane's: J. Conk- 
ling's &c. 

November 12. — Studying, &c. &c. 

November 13. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians ix. 21; dry 
weather and pleasant. 

November 14. — Warm, pleasant morning. 

November 15. — At John Lee Jun r 's ; preached John i. 12 ; some rain. 

November 16. — Rode home; cool weather; at Mrs. Delancey's. 

November 17. — At Dr. White's &c. 

November 18. — Church meeting at my house. 

November 19. — Rode to Bedford ; staid at Joseph Owens's ; pleas- 
ant day. 

318 The will of Prior Frost, dated 24 May, 1816, was proved 1 April, 1817. It 
named wife Abigail, sister Rhody Frost, daughters Euphemia, Esther, Charity, and 
Mary, sons Wright. Simeon, Horron. William, and Jordan C. (Westchester Wills, 
D. 395) 

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November 20. — Preached at Bedford, John i. 12; Luke iv. 31; 
rainy day. 

November 21. — Rode home; at John Montross's, and Whitney's; 
Joseph at home. 

November 22 

November 23 

November 24- 

November 26 

November 27 
Sacrament ; very 

November 28 

November 29 



— Wetish day ; at home ; reading &c. &c. 
— At home &c. 
25. — Studying &c. 
— Preached sacramental lecture. 
— Preached at Yorktown, John x. ; administered the 
cold weather; dry. 

— At home; preparing for killing hogs &c. 
— Killing hogs &c. ; George went to Peekskill ; Jo- 
seph returned to York; Mr. Overton here. 
November 30. — Salting meat &c. 
December 1. — Library day; cold and dry. 
December 2. — At home &c. 
December 3. — Studying &c. 

December 4. — Preached at Peekskill, Proverbs xvii. 27; in the 
evening at Travis's, Jeremiah xxiii. 24. 

December 5. — Rode home after making some visits; sent money 
to Joseph, 37 dollars — 6 crowns for Allen. 

December 6. — In woods after sled crook; rainy afternoon. 
December 7. — Snow last night, cleared off cold. 
December 8. — Rode to Philip Smith's, preached funeral sermon, 
his child dead; very cold day; rode to widow Owens's, preached 
Jeremiah xxiii. 24; rode to Mr. Sellick's; preached in the evening, 
Psalms cvii. last. 

December 9. — At Miller's, reckoned with him, and paid him off; 
at Lyon's. 

December 10. — Studying, at Judge Lee's; Sally Lee died to-day. 
December 11. — Preached at Yorktown, John vii. 33; funeral in 
the afternoon, Job xvii. 

December 12. — At home; George making sled. 

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December 13. — Election day ; at Captain Purdy's. 

December 14. — Some people carting wood. 

December 15. — Rode to Bedford; married John Miller and Hep- 
zibah Merritt ; staid at J. Owens's. 

December 16. — Rode to John Montross's; bought surtout cloth at 
Solomon Smith's, reckoned with him and settled accounts; snow and 
rain in the evening. 

December 17. — Studying, &c; rode to John Hadley's; married 
Mical Purdy and Hester Bailey ; pleasant day. 

December 18. — Snow storm ; so I could not go to Peekskill ; people 
met at my house [in the] afternoon; preached John xi. 9. 10. 

December 19. — Cloudy morning. 

December 20. — Rode to Peekskill ; cold day. 

December 21. — At Esq r Lane's, preached in the evening. Psalms 
iv. 2. 

December 22. — Rode to Miller's : home ; bought sleigh-harness of 
John Strang. 

December 23. — Very cold: at home. 

December 24. — Studying; George drove cattle to the east meadow. 

December 25. — Christmas day; preached at Yorktown; Deuter- 
onomy xi. 20; in the evening John i. 12; good sleighing. 

December 26. — Beginning to snow this morning; at Deacon 
Knapp's; ai3 grey mare shod. 



m The Knapps of Yorktown descend from Nicholas Knapp, of Watertown, who 
came to Massachusetts in 1630, prohably with Winthrop and Saltonstall, and who, 
by wife Elinor, had Jonathan, who died young, Timothy, Joshua, Caleb, Sarah. 
Ruth, Moses, and Lydia. He removed to Stamford, Connecticut, about 1646. where 
his wife died 16 August, 1658, and he married (2), 9 March, 1658/9, Unity, widow 
of Peter Brown, and also widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April, 1670. 
Moses 2 Knapp, the youngest son, was admitted freeman of Connecticut in May, 
1670. He, however, probably lived at Stamford when he married, in 1669, Abigail, 
daughter of Richard Wescoat. His grandson Moses 4 , born at Stamford, 4 October. 
1710, accompanied his father, Moses 3 , to New York, where the father was one of 
the patentees of White Plains, 13 March, 1721. Moses 4 Knapp, the third, settled at 



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December 2J. — St. John went to Hubbell's to buy sleigh. 
December 28. — At Esq r Lane's; [and] Captain J. Highat's; 
brought home sleigh. 

Yorktown, where he died 7 May, 1795. His wife, Elizabeth Ogden, born in January, 
1702, died 23 June, 1770. Issue : 

1. Aletha 5 Knapp, born 9 December, 1730. 

2. Daniel Knapp, born 5 April, 1733. 

3. Abigail Knapp, born 14 July, 1735: died September, 1753. 

4. David Knapp, born 14 March, 1738. 

5. Joseph Knapp, born 13 May, 1740; died 13 January, 1830. 

6. Moses Knapp, born 25 August, 1742. 

7. Benjamin Knapp, born 14 September, 1745; died in September, 1753. 
Deacon David 5 Knapp, of the text, was born 14 March, 1738, and died 13 

August, 1804. He served in the Revolution as second lieutenant in Captain Lemuel 
Conklin's Company, Fourth Regiment, Dutchess County militia. He married, 23 
May, 1762, Phebe, daughter of Daniel Horton, by his wife Esther Lane, born 29 
January, 1740; died 27 February, 1819. Their children, three of whom. Daniel, 
Moses, and Benjamin, were baptized by Mr. Constant, were: 

1. Abigail 6 Knapp, born 27 June, 1764; died 18 April, 1766. 

2. David Knapp, born 18 June, 1767; died 14 September, 1828; married, 24 

June, 1789. Abigail Lee (see note 137). Issue: Phebe Knapp, died 18 
October, 1820, aged twenty-seven years, eleven months, and nine days. 
David Knapp, died 18 June, 1830, aged thirty-six years, three months, and 
twenty-one days. Denche Knapp, died 10 July, 1816, aged twenty years 
and nine months. Robert Knapp, died 2 February, 1883, aged eighty-five 
years, seven months, and twenty-seven days. Abigail Knapp, died 9 Janu- 
ary, 1871, aged sixty-nine years, three months, and sixteen days. All buried 
in the church-yard at Yorktown. 

3. Esther Knapp, born 7 April, 1769; married Drake Conklin (see note 303). 

4. Daniel Horton Knapp, born 2^ March, 1771. 

5. Abijah Knapp, born 7 February, 1773 ; died 13 September, 1779. 

6. Moses Knapp, born 2 July, 1775; died 7 July, 1839; married, 22 January, 

1800, Elizabeth Frost. 

7. Elizabeth Knapp, born 5 July, 1778; died 5 August, 1779. 

8. Benjamin Knapp, born 8 March, 1781 ; died 27 October, 1850; married, 22 

April, 1802, Rachel Frost. 

Daniel" Horton Knapp, born 27 March, 1771, baptized at the Knapp homestead 
by Mr. Constant ; married, by Mr. Constant, 15 August, 1792, to Jane, eldest daugh- 
ter of Elijah Lee, by his wife Sarah Conklin, born 2 October, 1773 ; died 30 August, 
1827 (see note 137). Issue: 

1. Elijah 7 Lee Knapp, born 18 February, 1794; died 28 February, 1878; married. 

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December 29. — At Esq 1 " Smith's; Captain Strang's [and] Dr. 
White's. 

December 30. — At Deacon Knapp's; snow today; John Carman 
and wife here. 

December 31. — Studying &c; married Joseph Lee and Jenne 
Conkling; blessed be God for preserving goodness throughout the 
year. 

1797 

January 1. — Preached [at] Yorktown, James iv. 5; in the even- 
ing Proverbs xix. 10; good sleighing; full meeting. O may God's 
word be followed with his blessing and the year be fruitful in con- 
versions to God. 

January 2. — Cold, bright weather ; St. John gone to Carmel with 
his wife; good sleighing. 

January 4. — Rode to Dr. White's; Captain Carman's, Esq r 
Smith's and Mr. Whitney's ; married John Travis 314 and Phebe Whit- 
ney. 

January 5. — David Highet drawing wood ; Mr. Blair came here. 

January 6. — Some people drawing wood : cold weather ; good 
sleighing; Howe cutting wood. 

January 7. — Studying; Howe cutting wood. 



22 September, 1816, Hannah, only daughter of Timothy Conklin (sec 
note 303), born 12 November, 1798; died 23 April, 1878. Issue: 1. Jane* 
Knapp, born 16 December, 1817; died 7 April, 1885; married, 7 February, 
1838, Stephen Allen Roake. 2. Sarah Knapp, born 17 August, 1820; mar- 
ried, 30 April, 1844, Allan Hart, M.D. 3. Ruth Ann Knapp, born 4 August, 
1823; died 16 June, 1890. 4. Phebe Knapp, born 22 May, 1826; died 17 
January, 1879. 5. Daniel Horton Knapp, born 1 April, 1829; died 14 June, 
1901 ; was ordained elder of the Yorktown Church, 4 July, 1875; married, 
11 October, 1865, Katharine Tompkins. 6. Elijah Lee Knapp, born 6 Sep- 
tember, 1839; died 27 July, 1858. 

Sarah Knapp, born 25 August, 1801 ; died 4 August, 1869: married, 1 Sep- 
tember, 1816. ? 

For children of, see Whitney Genealogy. 

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January 8. — Preached at Yorktown, i John iv. 1 1 ; Mr. Blair 
preached in the evening; very cold. 

January 9. — Very cold weather and very dry, but very good 
sleighing. 

January 10. — Ministers met at Philographical Society; Mr. Town- 
ley preached at Meeting House. 

January 11. — Attended Society; snow and rain; rode to Widow 
Sutton's; married Aaron Gazely and Abigail Sutton; adjourned 2 
Wednesday in April at Abraham Smith's. 

January 12. — At home; transcribing Minutes of Society; at Mrs. 
Delancey's. 

January 13. — Warm, pleasant weather. 

January 14. — Studying; snow and some rain. 

January 15. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians ii. 2; Mrs. Con- 
stant went with me; staid at Stephen Brown's; evening meeting, 
preached Isaiah xxxviii. 16. 

January 16. — Visiting; warm day; rode home; Sally inocu- 
lated. 

January 17. — Getting wood; Howe cutting. 

January 18. — Stormy day; rode to North Castle; married Gil- 
bert Montross and Polly Craft ; staid at John Montross's. 

January 19. — Rode home; good sleighing. 

January 20. — Cool ; but pleasant ; St. John drawing wood out of 
my woods. 

January 21. — Studying; some snow. 

January 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Exodus vi. 3 ; Hebrews iv. 
14; good sleighing. 

January 2^. — Pleasant morning; Sally went to John Highat's. 

January 24. — Rode to Widow Marshall's; preached funeral ser- 
mon, her husband dead, 2 Corinthians iv. 18; pleasant day; dined at 
Mr. Ward's; at Deacon Lane's [in the] evening. 

January 25. — Clear, cool morning; at Deacon Knapp's and Fow- 
ler's ; drawing wood. 

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January 26. — David and St. John set off for Waterbury; grows 
warmer. 

January 27. — Warm day ; George drawing timber for rails ; rode 
to Captain John Hi ghat's, [and] Lyon's, &c. 

January 28. — Studying &c. 

January 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Ephesians ii. 2; at Dr. 
Strang's in the evening, 2 Timothy ii. 1 ; few people. 

January 30. — At George Tompkins's, 315 Douglass's, Thompson's, 
[and] Miller's; got leather for collar. 

815 Sylvanus Tompkins, of Croton, brother of Judge Jonathan Griffin Tompkins 
(see note 186), was born in 1725 and died in 1822. He was probably the V. Tomp- 
kins at whose house Mr. Constant preached 24 July, 1787. He married Mary Field, 
and it may have been she who was buried 4 December, 1788, and whose funeral 
sermon Mr. Constant preached on that day. His children were: 

1. Joshua Tompkins, born January, 1757 ; died 19 March, 1812 ; married Nancy 

Travis, born 18 August, 1757; died 24 October, 1841. He is the Joshua 
Tompkins at whose house Mr. Constant visited. Both he and his wife are 
buried in the Baptist church-yard at Yorktown. His will, dated shortly 
before his death, named children William, Nathaniel, Elias, Caleb, Mary 
Kerr, Elizabeth Tompkins, Hannah Loder, Fanny, and Anne. 

2. Sylvanus Tompkins, of Croton, born 14 March, 1762; died 3 April, 1835; 

married Phebe , born 1 May, 1772; died 12 September, 1828. His chil- 
dren were: 1. Elizabeth Tompkins, born 1790; died 25 December, 1862; 
marrried, 17 October, 1813, Simeon Travis, who died 16 May, 1840. aged 
forty-six years. 2. Rachel Tompkins, born 1795 ; died unmarried, 16 April, 
I&93- 3. Frances Tompkins, born 22 November, 1802 ; died 21 May, 1832 ; 
married Anthony Sherwood. 4. Phebe Tompkins, born 1805 ; died 24 
September, 1872. 5. Daniel D. Tompkins, born 25 March, 181 1; died 31 
March, 1835. 6. Henry Tompkins, died unmarried. 7. Susan Tompkins, 
married Mandeville. 

3. George C. Tompkins, of the text, born 18 April, 1765; died at Jersey City. 

10 November, 1816; buried at Bergen, but afterwards removed to ; 

married, 3 April, 1787, Elizabeth Westcott, born 28 May, 1776; died at 
Newark, New Jersey, 7 November, 1841. Issue : 1. Thomas Tompkins, 
born 17 January, 1788; died young. 2. Rachel Tompkins, born 21 Feb- 
ruary, 1790. 3. Sarah Ann Tompkins, born 9 May, 1791 ; married ( 1 > 
James Babb; (2) Moses Ogden ; removed to Georgia and there died. 

4. Eliza Tompkins, born 12 June, 1793; married James Jackson Lyon. 

5. Nancy Tompkins, born 4 May, 1795; died unmarried. 6. George C 

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January 31. — At Baremore's, making collar; cloudy day. 

February 1. — St. John from Waterbury; warm thawy weather. 

February 2. — At home ; snow goes off fast. 

February 3. — At David Highat's, &c. 

February 4. — Studying; &c. 

February 5. — Preached at Yorktown, John xviii. 36; warm day. 

February 6. — Rainy day ; George finished faning oats ; at home. 

February 7. — Cleared off very windy; rode to Abraham 
Cronk's, preached in the evening, 1 Peter ii. 4; full meeting; studying. 

February 8. — Pleasant day ; rode home ; reading. 

February 9. — At John Highat's and Mrs. Conkling's ; Sally came 
from John Highat's. 

February 10. — Studying &c. 

February 11. — Preached Sacramental Lecture, Psalms 1. 5; church 
meeting. 

February 12. — Mr. Townley preached here; administered the 
Sacrament. O may the word do good! 

February 13. — Mr. Townley went home; snow and rain today. 

February 14. — Reading Carver's Travels. 

February 15. — At home, &c. 

February 16. — Rode to Jonathan Travis's; at Widow Osborn's 
[and] Frost's. 

Tompkins, born 30 May, 1797; died 13 January, 1868; married Ruth Ann 
Webb. 7. Fanny Tompkins, born 30 September, 1799; died 13 September, 
1800. 8. James S. Tompkins, born 15 August, 1801 ; removed to North 
Carolina. 9. Isaac Bradon Tompkins, born 30 January, 1803 ; died at 
Newark, 18 December, 1890; married Sarah Simonson. 10. Charles S. 
Tompkins, born 18 April, 1806; died unmarried, 18 September, 1833. 
11. Lucretia Ann Tompkins, born 5 December, 1808; died 26 November, 
1881 ; married George T. Bush. 12. Daniel D. Tompkins, born 11 Febru- 
ary, 181 1 ; died 22 July, 1889; married, respectively, Catherine Marsh, 
Isabella G. Burns, and Elizabeth Banty. 13. Susan M. Tompkins, born 
19 June, 1814; died 19 July, 1836; married Gilbert Conklin. 

4- John Tompkins, married Martha Kerr. 

5- Elizabeth Tompkins, married James Stevens. 

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February 17. — Reading and writing. 

February 18. — Studying &c; warm weather. 

February 19. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians ii. 12; Prov- 
erbs xv. 18; warm day. 

February 20. — Cloudy, warm day; singing meeting here. 

February 21. — At home; reading &c. 

February 22. — At Deacon Knapp's. 

February 23. — At J. Conkling's ; Widow Conkling's [and] 
Knapp's ; preached at Jere. Conkling's. 

February 24. — Preached funeral sermon at Elnathan Hait's, 316 
Revelation xxii. 12. 

February 25. — Cool, but pleasant weather; studying &c. 

February 26. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah xxvii. 5 ; at Travis's, 
1 Timothy iv. 5. 

February 27. — At Birdsall's, [and] Mrs. Brown's &c. 

February 28. — With George cutting timber &c. 

March 1. — At home. 

March 2. — Library day, 

March 3. — At home &c; George cow calved. 

March 4. — Reading and studying &c. 

March 5. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Thessalonians i. 2; 2 Corin- 
thians iv. 8. 

March 6. — Very cold, windy day ; reading &c. ; singing meeting 
here. 

March 7. — Rode to Captain Purdy's, preached 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

March 8. — Rode home ; warm day. 

March 9. — At home &c. 

March 10. — Reading, studying &c. 

31S Elnathan Haight, of Yorktown, fanner, executed his will 3 July, 1801, proved 
1 June, 1803. His children named therein were James, Samuel, Sylvanus, Daniel, 
Elnathan, Mary Sears, Leoney, and Sarah wife of Ozias Oshorne. James Haigli' 
married 20 November, 1793; and Sarah Haight married, 28 December, 1793, Oziav 
son of Joseph and Martha (Wright) Osborne (see note 292). 

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March n. — Rode to the Kill; preached funeral sermon at Augus- 
tus Taylor's; 317 his child dead; staid at Stephen Brown's. 318 

March 12. — Preached at Peekskill ; in the evening at John Lent's, 
Psalms iv. 2 ; married Haws and Lent. 

March 13. — At Sands's [and] Paulding's; singing meeting here. 

March 14. — Wet weather, at home. 

March 15. — Judge Lee here ; wet weather; Ingersoll cow calved. 

March 16. — At home; reading &c. 

March 17. — Cloudy morning. 

March 18. — Studying &c. 

March 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lix. 16; 1 Thessalo- 
nians ii. 4; ground settled; good riding. 

March 20. — Making fence by the bog swamp ; Deacon Knapp here. 

March 21. — Making fence; George took apples out of the hole. 

March 22. — Rainy day; in woods with Deacon Knapp. 

March 23. — Rode to Daniel Horton Jun r 's. 

March 24. — Carting rails &c ; rainy afternoon. 

March 25. — Studying &c. 

March 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians i. 16, 17; Isaiah 
xlii. 6. 

317 He married, 11 April, 1792, Elizabeth, daughter of Hercules Lent, of Cort- 
landtown, and both he and his wife were legatees under the will of said Hercules 
Lent, bearing date 11 October, 1816 (see note 198). 

518 Stephen Brown, eldest son of Nathaniel Brown, of Peekskill (see note 322). 
was born 23 February, 1767, and died 2 May, 1831. He was one of the principal 
benefactors and trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Peekskill. He married (1). 
3 September, 1791, Mary, daughter of Dr. James Brewer (see note 133), born 3 
September, 1766; died October, 1799, her funeral sermon being preached by Mr. 
Constant. Their children were: 1. Phebe Brown, born 30 September, 1792; died 
23 April, 1805. 2. James Brown, born 22 October, 1794. 3. Hannah Brown, born 
9 August, 1797; married Abner Brundage, of Peekskill. Both these latter children 
are named in the will of their grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Brewer. Stephen Brown 
married (2) Jemima, daughter of Major Joseph Strang, and had : Ann Brown, 
born May, 1801. Egbert Brown, born 7 January, 1803; died 14 February, 1815. 
Mary Brown, born 22 January, 1805 ; married Sandford Knapp, M.D. Sarah 
Brown, born 19 October, 1807. Jane Brown, born 13 June, 181 1. 

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March 27. — Rainy forenoon ; at Enos Lee's. 

March 28. — At Jeremiah Conkling's; at Widow Conkling's ; bap- 
tized Sarah Conkling. 

March 29. — In woods with George &c; Levi carting timber. 

March 30. — Running lines with Judge Lee. 

March 3 1 . — In woods &c. 

April 1 . — Boys drawing stone ; studying &c. 

April 2. — Preached at Yorktown, The Song of Solomon iv. 1. 

April 3. — Making fence; Deacon Lane worked for me &c. 

April 4. — Town meeting at Peekskill ; at Abraham Smith's. 

April 5. — Attended Philographical Society; adjourned to last 
Wednesday in June at Charles Heroy's. 

April 6. — At Deacon Knapp's &c. It has been very warm for four 
days past. 

April 7. — Cloudy day; rain in the afternoon. 

April 8. — Rainy day; rode to Poughkeepsie. 

April 9. — Preached at Poughkeepsie, t Corinthians iii. 8, 9; Ephe- 
sians vi. 16. 

April 10. — Rode to Aaron Forman's, preached in the evening, 
Psalms cvii, last. 

April 11. — Rode to Poughkeepsie; attended Philographical 
Society. 

April 12. — Attended Philographical Society; set off for home; 
staid at Zopher Jones's. 

April 13. — Rainy day; rode home; found family well; blessed 
be God. 

April 14. — Clear morning; snow covered the ground; George 
began to sow oats. 

April 15. — Studying &c. 

April 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians iv. 2. 

April 17. — At William Beadle's. 

April 18. — George carried oats to Kill; rainy day; snow in the 
evening. 

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April 19. — Cold east wind ; at home. 

April 20. — At Peekskill; married Van Wyck and Susanna 

Hait. 

April 21. — At David Highat's. 

April 22. — Studying; warm day. 

April 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Matthew iii. 3 ; in the evening 
at Esq r Travis's, 1 John iii. 

April 24. — Rode home; after visiting Duzenbury's, Hait's, 
Brewer's and Birdsall's. 

April 25. — Paid Sackett some money. 

April 26. — Election day &c, at Capt. Purdy's. 

April 27. — At Captain Strang's; paid Sackett some money. 

April 28. — At Jacob Frost's ; got a hat. 

April 29. — Studying; turned young cattle to grass. 

April 30. — Preached at Yorktown, Titus ii. 11, 12, 13; Mark 
ii. 16. 

May 1. — Warm day; growing season. 

May 2. — Wet day; George went to Kill with Cutter. 

May 3. — At home; hard cold; Pullen worked at wall. 

May 4. — At Deacon Knapp's; [and] Abraham Wright's; planted 
early potatoes. 

May 5-6. — Studying; lecture; church meeting. 

May 7. — Preached at Yorktown; Sacrament at Yorktown; Mr. 
Townley came here to be married &c. 

May 8.— At Captain Purdy's, &c. 

May 9. — Rode to Presbytery [at] Gilead. 

May 10. — Attended Presbytery. 

May 11. — Attended Presbytery; rode home. 

May 12. — At home, Mr. Townley went home. 

May 13. — Rode to New Hempstead. 

May 14. — Preached [at] New Hempstead, Psalms cvii. last; 
Psalms xci. 1. 

May 15. — Rode home; family well. 

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May 1 6. — Mr. Marsh came here; George planting corn. 

May 17. — Ditto. 

May 18. — At home; apple trees in bloom. 

May 19. — Warm, growing season. 

May 20. — Studying. 

May 21. — Preached at Peekskill, Proverbs viii. 9; Matthew xii. 
at Jesse Owens's. 

May 22. — Rode to Peekskill, carried hay to Duglass's; at Joseph 
Fowler's 319 who died this day. 

May 23. — At home; studying &c, planted cucumbers; preached 
Joseph Fowler's funeral sermon. Ecclesiastes ix. 10, 11. 

May 24. — At home &c. 

May 25. — Wet day. 

May 26. — Washed sheep; at Solomon Smith's. 

May 27. — Studying &c. 

May 28. — Preached at Yorktown, James iv. 8. 

May 29. — Planted beans ; boys shearing sheep. 

May 30. — At home &c. 

May 31. — So ends the fair month of May. 

June 1. — Mr. Anderson came here ; at home. 

June 2. — Nothing extraordinary; studying, &c, &c. 

June 3. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached at Israel Lockwood's, 
Psalms lxiii. 5 ; staid at Curry's. 

June 4. — Preached at Peekskill, Luke xxiii. 49; administered the 
Sacrament. 

June 5. — Rode to Landing &c; Mrs. Constant with me. 

June 6. — At the raising of Saw mills. 

June 7. — George plowing buckwheat ground ; trustees met here. 

June 8. — At Mrs. Delancey's raising; Dr. White here. 

310 The son of Joseph Fowler, of Yorktown, who died 17 April, 1793, in ll|s 
sixty-fourth year (see note 264), born 27 November, 1753; married, 3 October, 
1776, Sarah, daughter of Seth Whitney (see note 152). His children are given in 
full in the Whitney Genealogy. 

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June 9. — At home ; Mr. Andrews came here. 

June 10. — Rode to Salem. 

June n. — Preached at Salem, Matthew xxvii. 22; Ephesians 
ii. 2. 

June 12. — Rode home; O Lord strengthen ! 

June 13. — At home &c, at Abraham Wright's; preached at Mr. 
Covert's. 

June 14. — Reading &c. 

June 15. — Rode to Methodist meeting house, preached 1 Peter 
iv. 7. 

June 16. — At home, &c; reading. 

June 17. — Studying &c. 

June 18. — Preached at Yorktown, John iv. 10; Proverbs xvi. 9. 

June 19. — Cool weather &c; wet season. 

June 20. — George carried butter to Kill. 

June 21. — At home; reading &c. 

June 23. — Rainy day. 

June 24. — George began to plow fallow ground ; studying &c. 

June 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lx. 5 ; 2 Timothy i. 
9, 10. 

June 26. — Clear, warm morning. 

June 27. — Set off to Hempstead to Presbytery ; attended Presby- 
tery. 

June 28. — Attended the ordination of Mr. Blair, &c. &c. 

June 29. — Attended Philographical Society; rode home, &c. 

June 30. — At home. 

July 1. — Studying &c. 

July 2. — Preached at Peekskill ; hot day ; rode home. 

July 3. — Plowing corn; rode to Staats Dykeman's; married 
James Ellice 320 and Betsy Valentine. 

July 4. — At Peekskill. 

320 Mr. Constant's duplicate list of marriages gives James Eliot, which is 
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July 5. — Rode to Capt. Highat's ; 321 Elizabeth Lewis came here. 
July 6. — At Joel Frost's ; George mowed around [the] house. 
July 7. — Raked hay ; reading &c. 
July 8. — Some rains; studying &c. 
July 9. — Preached at Yorktown. 

July 10-13. — Cut meadow east of road ; rode to Collaburgh ; mar- 
ried Jacob Lent and Hannah Woodhull ; good hay weather. 

. — Getting in hay; hot day. 

— Rainy day; studying &c. 

— Preached at Peekskill, at new meeting house, 1 Kings 

Proverbs xiv. 34 ; Joseph from York. 

— George finished buckwheat; Travis cradling rye. 

— Travis cradling rye. 

— Plowing corn. 

— Taking up rye; hot day. 

— Finished rye. 

— Studying &c. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Revelation i. 9; 2 Timothy iii. 

\ O may God bless 

— George finished hoeing. 

— Began to cart rye; rainy day. 

321 John Hyatt, son of Joshua Hyatt, by his wife Mary Bashford (see note 182), 
and later known as Major Hyatt, married, 3 July, 1786. Catherine Clark, born 25 
January, 1768; died 10 September, 1841 ; their children were: 

1. Esther Hyatt, born 14 November, 1787; died 17 June, 1875, married (1) 

Samuel Strang, (2) Niles Frost. 

2. Joshua B. Hyatt, born 25 October, 1789; died 26 September, 1836. 

3. Elizabeth Hyatt, born 28 September, 1791 ; died 12 January, 1793. 

4. Clark Hyatt, born 31 July, 1793; died 30 June, 1868. 

5. Joseph Hyatt, born 27 June, 1795 ; died 3 September, 1869. 

6. James D. Hyatt, born 17 February, 1799; died 18 April, 1827. 

7. Mary Hyatt, born 6 November, 1800; married Isaac Odell. 

8. John Hyatt, born 25 October, 1802; died 2 March, 1868. 

9. Leonard Hyatt, born 23 September, 1804; died 21 July, 1866. 

10. Eliza Hyatt, born 18 December, 1806; died 16 March. 1879; married (1) 
Samuel Ackerman, (2) the Rev. Benjamin Curry. 

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-Finished carting- rye. 



July 27. — Rode to Abraham Wright's. 

July 28. — At home; at Ingersoll's. 

July 29. — Studying &c; sowed turnips. 

July 30. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation ii. ; Psalms xxxii. 2. 

July 31. — Rode to Kill. 

August 1 . — At home ; reading &c. &c. 

August 2. — Wet day; at home, &c. 

August 3. — Deacon Lane cradling oats; reading &c. 

August 4. — Studying; rainy evening. 

August 5. — Preached at meeting house, Colossians iii. 1. 

August 6. — Preached at Yorktown, The Song of Solomon v. 9; 
Matthew xvii. 17; administered the Sacrament. 

August 7. — O Lord, grant me grace and wisdom ! 

August 8. — Taken up with domestic concerns. 

August 9-10. — Wetish weather. 

August 1 1- 1 2. — Studying &c. 

August 13. — Preached at Peekskill, 2 Kings v. 12; Hebrews i. 3. 

August 14. — At home in the morning; rode to Peekskill; [at] 
Travis's; Curry's, Drake's, and Carman's. 

August 15. — Raking hay, east meadow. 

August 16-17. — St. John and David mowing and stacking hay. 

August 18. — At home &c. 

August 19. — Colegrove and Horton mowing for me; studying 
&c &c ; married Cornelius Brown 322 and Elizabeth Osborne. 



1,22 Nathaniel Brown/ of Peekskill. son of Thomas and Susanna (Bugbee) 
Brown, was born 16 May, 1774, and died 30 March, 181 1. He married, 16 May, 1766, 
Mary, daughter of Caleb and Jane (Daggett) Hall, born 23 November, 1745; died 
26 January, 1835 ; and had : 

1. Stephen Brown (of whom see note 318). 

2. Nathaniel Brown, born 17 February, 1769; married Charity Cox. 

3. Mary Brown, born 8 September, 1770; died 1785. 

4. Sarah Brown, born 13 August, 1771 ; married Jacob Bedle. 

5. Cornelius Brown, of the text, born 24 May, 1773: died 13 December, 1831 ; 

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August 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation ii. 8; Proverbs 
iv. 25-26. 

August 21. — Clear morning; raking hay. 

August 22. — Wet day. 

August 23. — Cloudy day ; some clear in the afternoon ; worked 
at hay. 

August 24. — Stacking hay. 

August 25. — Finished haying. 

August 26. — Rainy morning; studying. 

August 27. — Preached at Peekskill [in the] church. Matthew 
x. 15; Luke xviii. 34. 

August 28. — Clear weather ; at Gilbert Travis's. 

August 29. — At home &c. 

August 30. — Rode to James Perry's, preached Philippians i. 10; 
bought oxen of Horton, paid £10. 

August 31. — At home. 

September 1. — At Solomon Smith's. 

September 2. — Clear and cool weather ; studying &c. 

September 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation ii. r2 to the 
end, &c. 

September 4. — At home &c. 

married (1), as above, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Osborn, born 1777; 
died without issue, 11 September, 1800. (2) Leah, daughter of Smith W. 
Jones, of Cortlandt. Issue : Martha, Nathaniel, Smith. Thomas, Edgar. 
Ann Eliza, and Harriet. 

6. Thomas Brown, born 13 September. 1775; died 1829; married (1), 27 Janu- 

ary, 1798, Nancy, daughter of Captain Conklin, who died 30 March, 1802, 
aged eighteen years. (2) Martha, daughter of Daniel Birdsall (see note 

295)- 

7. Mary Brown, born 4 October, 1778; married Zopher Jones (see note 243). 

8. Susanna Brown, born 8 June, 1780; died 1781. 

9. Caleb Brown, born 22 May, 1782; married Phebe, daughter of Joseph 

Weeks. 
10. Gilbert Brown, born 24 September. 1784; died 6 March, 1837: married, 4 
December, 1806. Hannah, daughter of Joseph Osborn. 

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September 5. — Clear morning; George gone to Peekskill. 

September 6. — Philographical Society sat here; Mr. Townley 
preached in evening. 

September 7. — At home; library day. 

September 9. — Rode to Bedford; staid at Owens's. 

September 10. — Preached at Bedford, John iii. 16; Revelation 
iii. 20; staid at Captain Purdy's. 

September 11. — Rode home; Pnllen mowing. 

September 12-13. — Raking hay &c. 

September 14. — Sowing rye &c. 

September 15. — Carting hay &c. 

September 16. — Studying &c; training day. 

September 17. — Preached at Peekskill at new meeting house; 
funeral in the afternoon at the church, John iii. 16 ; Revelation xxii. — . 

September 18. — At home, &c. 

September 23. — Studying, &c. 

September 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation ii. 1-13. 

September 25. — Set off for Amenia; to Presbytery, staid at 
Babcock's. 

September 26. — Rode to Amenia, &c. 

September 27. — Attended Presbytery. 

September 28. — Attended Presbytery; adjourned to Mr. Town- 
ley's the second Tuesday in May next. 
* September 29. — Rode to Franklin. 

September 30. — Rode home; Thomas Lewis here. 

October 1. — Preached at Yorktown. Revelation iii. 14; Psalms 
xxxvi. 2, 3 ; wet day. 

October 2. — Clear morning. 

— Anderson went to New York. 

— Raking buckwheat. 

— At home, &c. 

— Morse Purdy and Susan Delancey and Mrs. Baldwin 



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October 5 
October 6 
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October 7. — Studying &c. 

October 8. — Preached at Peekskill, Genesis iii. 15. 

October 9. — At home; George gathering apples; at Captain 
Strang's. 

October 10. — At Captain Strang's; George making cider. 

October 11. — At Captain Strang's &c. 

October 12. — Finished making cider; began to thrash buckwheat. 

October 13. — Finished thrashing buckwheat; preached funeral 
sermon at John Montross's, who is dead. 

October 14. — Studying &c. 

October 15. — Preached at Yorktown. Revelation iv. — ; Matthew 
v. 15. 

October 16. — Cool and pleasant; at Deacon Knapp's and St. 
John's. 

October 17. — Preached funeral sermon at Bailey Highat's, 323 
Mr. Brown dead. 

October 18. — Cleaning buckwheat. 

October 19. — Cleaning ditto. 

October 20. — Ditto; finished &c. 

October 21. — East wind; studying; Sacramental lecture. 

October 22. — Preached at Yorktown. Hosea vi. ; administered 
[the] Sacrament; rainy day. 

October 23. — George began to pick corn. 

October 24. — At Dr. White's &c. [and at] Frost's. 

October 25. — At home; at Smith's; married Samuel Satterlv 
and Peggy Smith. 324 

828 Bayley Hyatt, one of the sons of Colonel Joshua Hyatt by his wife Mary 
Bashford (see note 182), and named for his maternal grandfather, Bayley Basli- 
ford. He died 15 March, 1833, aged sixty-six. His widow Eunice, died 25 April. 
1850, in eighty-third year. Both are buried at Shrub Oak. 

324 Margaret, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Yorktown. She died 13 November 
1830, aged seventy-four years and two months. Zeruish, wife of Joseph Smith, died 
11 March, 1816, aged ninety-five years and nine months. The mother and daughter 
were interred in the East burying-ground at Crompond. 

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October 26. — Picking corn; singing meeting here. 

October 27. — At home, &c. 

October 28. — Studying. 

October 29. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah liii. 12; in the evening 
at Esq r Travis's, Ephesians ii. 17. 

October 30. — Doing business at the Kill &c. 

October 31. — Picking corn. 

November 1. — At home. 

November 2. — At Requa's; married Isaac Graham Esq r and 
Peggy Green. 

November 3. — At home; pleasant weather. 

November 4. — Studying &c. 

November 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation v. ; Psalms 
xcii. 1. 

November 6. — At Kill; left with Esq 1 " Davis, twenty dollars for 
board ; got cloth for breeches &e. 

November 7. — At home. 

November 8. — Picking corn. 

November 9. — Digging and carting potatoes. 

November 10. — Finished digging potatoes &c. ; in study some of 
the afternoon. 

November 11. — Rainy morning; cold; in study; married Na- 
thaniel Stanley 325 and Betsy Curry. 

November 12. — Rainy day, but few at meeting, no preaching; 
Joseph home from York. 

November 13. — Pleasant morning. 

November 14. — At home; pleasant weather. 

November 15. — At saw mill. 

November 16. — George cutting wood at saw mill; snowing. 

November 17. — At home; studying. 

November 18. — Rode to Peekskill, preached at meeting house, 
Psalms xxxiv. 18; staid at J. Frost's. 

323 Dr. Nathaniel Stanley (see note 171). 
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November 19. — Preached at Peekskill, Mark i. 3; adminis- 
tered the Sacrament ; in the evening at Esq 1 " Travis's, Matthew 
xxii. 42. 

November 20. — Rode home. 

November 21. — Joseph went to Yor,k; drawing logs, &c. 

November 22. — At Enos Lee's; killed beef; salting beef. 

November 23. — Rainy day; reading, writing &c; married John 
Mabie and Betsy Avery. 

November 24. — At home; cold day. 

November 25. — Studying &c. ; George drawing wood. 

November 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation vi. : Thessa- 
lonians v. 16; cold day. 

November 27. — Went to Peekskill; carried buckwheat and oats; 
got load of shingles. 

November 28. — Cold morning. 

November 29. — Cold weather. 

November 30. — Singing meeting here in the evening. 

December 1. — Rode to William Beadle's; preached in the even- 
ing, Psalms xxxiv. 

December 2. — At Captain Purdy's; 326 got cloth at Fuller's &c; 
studying. 

328 Obadiah, Abraham, Jonathan, and Joseph Purdy were brothers. Of these, 
Joseph Purdy died without issue, and by will of 6 December, 1769, proved 24 June. 
1778, left one-third of his estate to the Presbyterian Church in Hanover "as a 
standing fund for the Public Means of Grace." He died 15 January, 1777, aged 
eighty-four years ; his wife, Mercy Smith, died 15 June, 1805, aged eighty-two 
years. Abraham Purdy was born 10 October, 1716, and died at Yorktown 17 April. 
1778. He was one of the justices of Westchester County, and an elder of the 
Crompond, or Hanover Church, to which he bequeathed fifty pounds sterling. He 
married Phebe, daughter of Daniel Strang, of the Manor of Cortlandt, born 7 Febru- 
ary, 1732; died 27 October. 1759. Their children were: 

1. Frances Purdy, born 23 July, 1753; married Colonel John Drake. 

2. Ebenezer Purdy, born 6 December, 1754. 

3. Jerusha Purdy, called Jerusha Drake in her father's will of 9 April. 1778. 

4. Alvan Purdy, born 11 January, 1757; died at Yorktown, 16 July, 1830; 

married Lydia Hunt, who died 27 January, 1842, aged eighty-three year<. 

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December 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation vi. ; 2 Peter 
iii. 

December 4. — Cold day; married Timothy Conkling and 
Hannah Lee ; Mr. Townley came to my house. 

December 5. — Very cold; rode to Carmel, to Society Meeting. 

December 6. — Attended Society Meeting; at Charles Heroy's. 

December 7. — Rode home ; Mr. Townley here ; Library meeting ; 
society meeting. 

December 8. — Weather some warmer; at Joseph Lee's. 

December 9. — In the woods ; boys cutting logs ; studying &c. 

three months, and seven days. Mr. Purdy held a lieutenancy during the 
Revolution in Captain Abraham Smith Hadden's company, Colonel Samuel 
Drake's regiment, Westchester County militia. Issue : 

1. Abraham Purdy, married Charity Strang. Issue: William, Alvan, 

and Howell. 

2. David Purdy, died 24 March, 1803, aged eighteen years. 

3. Alsop Purdy, died 3 February, 1802, aged fourteen years. 

4. James H. Purdy, born 16 August, 1790; died 26 July, 1884; mar- 

ried, 8 May, 1810, Martha Strang, born 26 March, 1787 ; died 23 
August, 1879. 

5. Elizabeth Ann Purdy, born 23 June, 1792; died 4 July, 1843; mar- 

ried, 20 September, 1812, John Hazard Strang. 

6. Alvan Purdy, born 22 August, 1799; died 12 April, 1872; married 

Jane E. Tompkins, born 10 June, 1805 ; died 15 February, 1887. 

He also was an elder in the Crompond Church, and was ordained 

in December, 1826. Issue : Mary, Ezra, John, Ann, Martha, 

James, and Harriet. 
5. Abraham Purdy, who died August, 1769. 

Obadiah Purdy, the first of the brothers before named, by deed of 16 April, 
*734- conveyed to the heirs of Joseph Purdy, Sr., Esq., of Rye, deceased, certain 
lands which had belonged to his father, Joseph Purdy, Jr., of Rye, also deceased 

(Westchester Deeds G, 116). He removed to the Manor of Cortlandt about . 

His son, Obadiah Purdy, born 20 July, 1747; died 20 March, 1835; married Hannah 
Smith; died 16 January, 1835, aged eighty-eight years and five months. He served 
in the Revolution as second lieutenant in Captain John Hyatt's company, Colonel 
Pierre Van Cortlandt's regiment, of Westchester militia, and subsequently was made 
captain of militia. (See note 212.) Probably all the Purdys in New York de- 
scend from Francis Purdy, who was in Connecticut in 1644. 

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December 10. — Preached at Peekskill, John iii. 35; in the evening 
at Esq r Travis's, Acts xiii. 26. 

December 11. — Rode home; killing hogs. 

December 12. — George gone to the Kill with pork; making stable 
for oxen, &c. 

December 13.— At home. 

December 14. — Thawy weather. 

December 15. — At saw mill, &c. 

December 16. — At home; studying &c. 

December 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation viii. ; 2 Kings 
iv. 26 ; Joseph Lee's child buried. 

December 18. — At home; at saw mill; Elizabeth Stevens here 
making great coat. 

December 19. — Killed hogs; very cold; salting meat: cold day. 

December 20. — Some warmer; but still cool. 

December 21. — Very cold day; at home. 

December 22. — At home; studying &c. 

December 23. — Studying; cool weather. 

December 24. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation ix. ; Luke 
xvi. 2. 

December 25. — Christmas; cold, at home. 

December 26. — Studying. 

December 27. — Preached at Peekskill, Philippians i. 27; staid at 
Charles Duzenbury's ; very cold. 

December 28. — Visiting at Jones's; Curry's, &c; singing meet- 
ing at David Highat's. 

December 29. — At home; at Marshall's, who is sick. 

December 30. — Studying &c. 

December 31. — Preached at Peekskill; Psalms xxvii. 3; in the 

evening Isaiah ; pleasant day. So ends the year. O, how little 

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1798 

January 1. — Wetish day; may God be with me and his kingdom 
advance; rode to Esq 1 " Lane's; preached Ecclesiastes xii. 13. 

January 2. — Rode home; at Dr. White's till evening; Mrs. De- 
lancey here in the evening. 

January 3. — At home &c. 

January 5. — Snow in evening. 

January 6. — Studying; snow six inches deep. 

January 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation x. ; Acts iv. 12; 
good sleighing. 

January 8. — St. John and Mrs. Constant set off Waterbury; in 
the woods drawing logs; Pulling and George sowing. 

January 9. — At home ; pleasant day ; snow melts fast ; Mrs. Con- 
stant returned. 

January 10. — Pleasant day; at home. 

January 11. — At saw mills; at Miller's &c. 

January 12. — At home; St. John has Hen . . . getting wood. 

January 13. — Rode to Bedford, preached funeral sermon, Mr. 
Raiment 327 dead, 2 Timothy iv. 7-8 (fight of faith). 

January 14. — Preached at Bedford, Matthew xxi. 37-38; in even- 
ing at Mr. Tyler's 1 Timothy iv. 8. 

January 15. — Rode home; snow melts fast; at Montross's, 
Ward's, Clapp's, and Smith's; married Stephen Forman and Eleanor 
King. 

January 16. — At Saw mills; at Peekskill, &c. 

January 17. — At Saw mills, &c. 

January 18. — Took cattle to east meadow. 

327 Probably James Raymond, of Bedford, whose will of 6 July, 1795, was proved 
13 February, 1798. The instrument named wife Abigail, sons James, Joshua, 
Uriah, and George, and daughters Susanna Newman, Elizabeth Miller, Molly 
Williams, Sally Lounsbury, Esther Hall, Anna Dean. Martha Mills, and Clarisa 
Trowbridge. 

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January 19. — Rode to Montross's vendue. 

January 20. — Studying, &c; Rosetta hurt her head. 

January 21. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms cxlvi. 5; in the 
evening at Doctor Strang's, Ephesians ii. 8. 

January 22. — Rode home; begins to storm, lecture at meeting 
house; few people. 

January 23. — Rode to Mr. McCoy's; married John McCoy and 
Anna Oakley ; cold day. 

January 24. — At home. 

January 25. — At home studying &c. 

January 27. — Rode to Captain Conkling's, married Thomas 
Brown and Nancy Colliding; stormy day. 

January 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxxix. 16; but one 
meeting. 

January 29. — In the woods ; at saw mill ; married Peter Van 
Vorhees and Eleanor Potts. 

January 30. — Rode to Peekskill. 

January 31. — In woods, &c. ; at Captain Strang's. 

February 1. — Rode to Captain Brown's. 

February 2. — In woods ; some team sleds drawing wood ; warm 
day ; sledding grows poor. 

February 3. — Studying; warm day; George drawing timber, 
church meeting. 

February 4. — Preached at Yorktown, Colossians i. 27; Matthew 
iii. 12; administered the Sacrament; good sleighing. 

February 5. — Cold day; rode to Esq 1 " Lane's; singing meeting 
here in the evening. 

February 6. — At home, pleasant day ; Steinbach came here. 

February 7. — At home, cold day. 

February 8. — At home, very cold. 

February 9. — In woods; drawing logs; at St. John's in the 
evening. 

February 10. — Studying; grows wanner. 

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February n. — Preached at Peekskill, Colossians i. 23; in the 
evening at Deacon Lent's, 1 Peter li. 4. 

February 12. — Rode home by way of Wright Frost's; 328 at 
Underhill Strang's. 329 

February 13. — Rode to Widow Owen's; preached Psalms xxxv. 
20; rode to Steinbach's; staid all night. 

February 14. — Rode to Daniel Carman's; preached Ecclesiastes 
vii. ; funeral of Mr. Sutton's child ; snowy day. 

February 15. — Rode to Widow Miller's, 330 married Andrew 
Purdy and Hester Miller. 

February 16. — At Jacob Beadle's; who is sick. 

February 17. — George gone to Kill with team; in study. 

February 18. — Preached at Yorktown: Matthew v. 25. 

February 19. — At Jeremiah Conkling's; got three bushels of 
wheat. 

February 20. — Wet day; at home. 

February 21. — John Highat drawing logs for me. 

February 22. — At Esq 1 ' Lane's; preached in the evening, Psalms 
ii. 7. 

February 23. — Rode to Moses Knapp's; agreed to hire him to 
work for me. 

February 24. — Cloudy day; studying, &c. 

February 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah lxiii. 5. 

'" s Wright Frost, son of Joseph Frost, of the Manor of Cortlandt, and one of 
the executors of his will, 16 October, 1773. His own will, executed at Cort- 
landtown, 8 February, 1817, proved 15 April of the same year, divided his estate 
between his wife Sarah and his children Jacob, Joseph, Martha, Fanny, Rosetta, 
and Phebe. 

029 The son of Joseph and Jemima (Budd) Strang, born 24 April, 1756; died 
19 April, 1815 ; married, 27 March, 1783, Sarah, daughter of Reuben Fowler, of 
Peekskill. She died 13 March, 1839, aged seventy-eight years, and is buried in the 
East Church-yard at Crompond. Issue : Joseph, Julietta, Mary, and Hester. 

330 Elizabeth, widow of Jonathan Miller, of the Manor of Cortlandt, who died in 
June, 1792, leaving children John, Mary, Monmouth. Elizabeth, Esther, who married 
as above, Andrew Purdy, and Justus. 

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February 26. — Carting and drawing timber. 

February 27. — Rode to Mr. Whitney's, Smith's, [and] Esqr 
Smith's; George drawing wood at Captain Highat's. 

February 28. — Cutting and drawing timber; snow going fast. 

March 1. — Library day. 

March 2. — At home. 

March 3. — Studying, &c. 

March 4. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms and Isaiah ; " Set the 
Lord before me;" [at] Dr. Strang's [in the] evening. 

March 5. — At Kill; sent for boards by Gilbert Conkling; Mr. 
Townley came here. 

March 6. — Rode to Mr. Cole's [to] Philographical Society, 
preached Philippians i. 10. 

March 7. — Attended Society ; adjourned to first Wednesday in 
June; rode home; Mr. Townley here. 

March 8. — Rode to Mr. Ward's; married James Parrott 331 and 
Polly Ward. 

March 9. — At saw mill ; George drawing timber. 

March 10. — Studying &c. 

March 11. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John ii. 8; 2 Corinthians 
v. r ; wetish day, few people. 

March 12. — Very muddy, riding. 

March 13. — Changeable weather. 

March 14. — At home, &c; muddy weather. 



331 John Perott, son of James Perott, of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster, 
London, married, at Greenwich, Connecticut, 15 February, 1764, Hannah, the widow 
of Mr. Merryday Bostwick, and daughter of Captain Elnathan Hanford, of Norwich. 
and had, according to the town records of Greenwich : 

1. A daughter, born 7 November, 1765. 

2. Clarissa Perott, born 27 June, 1767. 

3. Ann Perott. 

4. James Perott, above, born 9 November, 1770. He married Mary, daughter 

of Caleb and Mary Ward (see note 286), and later removed to New York. 

5. John Perott. 

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March 15. — Rode to Kill; to Dyckman's; rainy day; home at 
night. 

March 16. — Drawing logs into the mill. 

March 17. — Studying &c. 

March 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 1-12; Amos v. 
9 ; full meeting ; pleasant ; sang the Judgement anthem. 

March 19. — At home; at Ingersoll's, &c. 

March 20. — Rode to Kill; sent books to Davis and money — £3- 
10-10; Livy came here to live. 

March 21. — At saw mill, &c. 

March 22. — Making work-bench. 

March 23. — At saw mill ; Livy began to saw timber. 

March 24. — Rainy day ; studying &c. 

March 25. — Preached at Peekskill, Job ix. 4; at Dutch Church, 
John iii. 16; held conference with Charles Duzenbury. 

March 26. — Preached funeral [sermon] at Widow Moll's, her 
daughter dead. 

March 27. — Rode to [the] Kill after planks; Clark came here to 
work. 

March 28. — At home. 

March 29. — Warm day, at David Highat's; took hard cold. 

March 30. — Very warm; unwell. 

March 31. — Studying; very warm. 

April 1. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v.; Matthew xi. — 
"Come learn of me;" Mr. Vermillier came here; full meeting. O 
may God's work prosper. 



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April 3 
April 4 

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Apr 
Apr 
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April 6 
April 7 



— Rainy day. 

— Rainy day; Vermillier went home. 
— Cold, east wind. 
— At home &c. 
— Ditto. 

— Studying &c. ; Clark went home. 
— Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 
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April 9. — Clark returned. 

April 10. — Travis Jacob came here; Elisha Lane hewing timber; 
at Peekskill ; sent twelve dollars by Conkling for shingles. 

April 1 1 . — At home &c. 

April 14. — Studying &c; married John Covert and Mary Hyatt. 

April 15. — Preached at Peekskill, at new meeting house forenoon; 
at church in afternoon. 

April 16. — At Landing; got nails of Frost; George brought 
shingles. 

April 17. — At home, &c. 

April 18. — Drawing timber; begun to frame my house. 

April 19. — Mr. Hickox came here with his wife; preached at 
meeting house. 

April 20. — At Deacon Knapp's. 

April 21. — Studying; hard thunder last night. 

April 22. — Preached at Yorktown. Matthew v. 21; Joel iii. 18. 

April 23. — Took down old house. 

April 24. — Went to Kill, got boards and planks — two loads. 

April 25. — Carting straw &c. 

April 26. — Deacon Lane raising stones, &c. 

April 27. — At home; warm day, and has been so for a week past 

April 28. — Studying &c ; preached Sacramental lecture. 

April 29. — Preached at Yorktown; administered the Sacrament. 

April 30. — At home. 

May 1. — Much care and labor about my house &c. 

May 2. — At home &c. 

May 3. — Full of business. 

May 4. — Full of business. 

May 5. — Studying &c. 

May 6. — Preached at Peekskill at new meeting house, Song of 
Solomon ii. 3. 

May 7. — Getting sticks for Gilbert Fox ; house &c. 

May 8. — Rode to Greenburg to Presbytery. 

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May 9- — Attended presbytery &c. ; rode home in the afternoon. 

May 10. — Raised my house. 

May ii. — At home; Mr. Blair here; gardening, &c. 

May 12. — Studying &c. 

May 13. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 27-32; Song of 
Solomon ii. 4. 

May 14. — At home; carpenters gone; planting in orchard. 

May 15. — At Peekskill. 

May 16. — At home &c. 

May 17. — Rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's, preached Galatians 
iii. 16. 

May 18. — Rode to William Beadle's, preached Galatians iii. 16; 
Co. Stephens digging cellar. 

May 19. — Studying &c. 

May 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 33-42. 

May 21. — At home; attending to domestic affairs. 

May 22. — At Kill, brought up planks &c. 

May 23. — At home &c. 

May 26. — Studying, &c. &c. ; married Benjamin Pullen and 
Lydia Weeks. 

May 27. — Preached at Peekskill, xiv. 18. 

May 28. — Rainy day ; George Carman digging cellar. 

May 29. — Rainy weather. 

May 30. — Mason came to work for me. 

May 31. — George began to plow buckwheat ground. 

June 1. — At Captain Highat's; worked at brick house. 

June 2. — Studying &c ; very growing season. 

June 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xliii. ; 1 Corinthians 
viii. 3 ; O may the work of the Lord prosper among us. 

June 4. — Rainy morning; at home. 

June 5. — Rode to Carmel to Presbytery and Philographical 

Society. 

June 6. — Attended Society ; rode home. 

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June 7. — At home; Highat Lane got boards for sideing. 211 
feet. 

June 8. — Rode to [the] Kill; got , twenty planks and sixteen 
boards; at Clay-kiln. 

June 9. — Pleasant morning; studying. 

June 10. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew v. 1-8; Amos v. 5; 
married Daniel Jewel and Lydia Church. 

June 11. — At home, &c, &c. 

June 12. — At Peekskill with team. &c. 

June 13. — At home. 

June 15. — Work goes on &c. 

June 16. — Studying; Sacramental lecture at Deacon Lent's. 

June 17.— -Preached at Peekskill; administered the Sacrament. 

June 18. — At home, &c. &c. 

June 19. — At Peekskill for team; paid Conkling for nails. &c. 

June 20. — At Brick-kiln. 

June 21. — At Brick-kiln. 

June 22. — At Gabriel Knapp's ; got boards. 

June 23. — Studying &c &c. 

June 24. — Preached at Yorktown ; full meeting, Matthew vi. 

June 25. — Preached at Peekskill to Masons &c; Luke viii. 

June 26. — At Peekskill ; got shingles, putts, &c. 

June 27. — At home, plowing corn. 

June 28. — Ditto; Clark went home sick". 

June 29. — Sowing garden. 

June 30. — Studying, &c. 

July 1. — Preached at Yorktown. Matthew vi. 16, 28; hot day; 
full meeting. 

July 2. — Hot day ; at home ; painting. 

July 3. — At Peekskill, got 24 bushels of lime ; showers in the 
afternoon. 

July 4. — At home &c. ; painting. 

July 5. — Painting. 

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July 6. — Rode to Peekskill ; married William Odell and Betsy 
Cronk. 

July 7. — Clark came to* work. 

July 8. — Rode to Sing Sing. 

July 9. — Preached at Sing Sing, Job xxiii. 35 ; rode to Jacob 
Lent's; 332 married [Jacob] Post and Lottie [Leah?] Lent. 

July 10. — Began to hoe corn; Jacob Travis mowing. 



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July 12 
July 13 
July 14 

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July 18 
July 19 
July 20 
July 21 
July 22 
July 23 
July 24 

July 25 

July 28 
July 29 
house" &c. 
July 30 
July 31 



— Hoeing corn &c. 

— Rainy morning. 

— Raking hay. 

— Carting hay; studying. 

— Preached at Yorktown; Matthew vi. 22. 

— Preached funeral [sermon], Gabriel Strang dead; 



— At home &c. 

— Carting clay ; began to mow east meadow. 

— Getting hay in east meadow. 

— Haying &c. 

— Getting hay. 

— Preached at Red Mills, Proverbs iv. 

— At hay; Westervelt here. 

— At Kill ; got lime, Westervelt went home. 

— Hard at work. 

— Studying &c. 

— At Peekskill, Psalms lxix. — 



For the zeal of thine 



— Masons began chimneys. 

— Worked at chimneys. 
August 1. — At home. 
August 2. — At Peekskill; got 



-, lime, planks &c. 



m The will of Jacob Lent, of Cortlandt, executed 16 September, 1801, proved 
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August 3. — Finished hay. 

August 4. — Studying &c. 

August 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vi. 25 to end ; Luke 
vi. 36. 

August 6. — Worked at chimney. 

August 7. — Ditto; Travis carting oats. 

August 8. — At chimneys, &c. 

August 9. — Travis and Hilliker carting oats. 

August 10. — Picking and binding oats; at brick-kiln after bricks. 

August 11. — Very hot, and has been all this week. 

August 12. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Corinthians v. 19; Ad- 
ministered the Sacrament; [preached] Matthew xxv. 6-7-8. 

August 13. — Mason began to lay the east chimney. 

August 14. — Rainy day ; rode to Kill ; paid Jesse Highat five 
dollars toward old account. 

August 15. — At home; hot day. 

August 16-17. — Carting oats; at home. 

August 18. — Mason began to plaster; hard wind. 

August 19. — Worked at house &c. 

August 20. — Preached at Peekskill ; hot weather. 

August 21. — At work. 

August 22-26. — All these days tired with head work. 

August 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vii. 

August 28. — At work ; dry, hot weather. The Lord prosper and 
bless the work; blessed be his name. 

September 1. — At work, &c. 

September 2. — Studying, &c. 

September 3. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vii. 

September 4. — At home; Joseph at home. 

September 5. — Carpenters and mason at work, &c. 

September 6-9. — Studying, &c. 

September 10. — Preached at Peekskill; cool day; rode to James 
Taylor's. 

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September u. — At home. 

September 12-15. — Studying, &c. 

September 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vii. 

September 17. — At home, &c; Joseph to Salem. 

September 18-22. — Studying; Hutchinson doing kitchen chim- 
ney. 

September 23. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vii. last. 



— At home; full of business. 

Set off to Presbytery at Poundridge. 

Attended Presbytery. 

Rode home ; Mr. Blair with me. 
— At home, moving things; mason went away. 

Little time for study; moving into new house. 

Preached at Peekskill, 1 Corinthians xiii. 13; 



September 24. 

September 25. 

September 26. 

September 27. 

September 28. 

September 29. 

September 30. 
full meeting. 

October 1. — At home; carpenters left work at my house. 

October 2. — Working about house &c. 

October 3-4. — At Peekskill; married Conkling and Caty 

McCoy; rode home; paid Livy six dollars, Frost four, Birdsall one 
and Purdy two. 

October 5. — At home; at work. 

October 6. — Studying some part of day. 

October 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xcix. 1-2-3; Romans 
v. 16; rainy day; few people at meeting. 

October 8. — At home, &c. 

October 9. — At Peekskill. 

October 10. — Boys thrashing buckwheat; rode to Jacob Conk- 
ling's, preached funeral sermon; his son dead. 

October 11. — At home; finished thrashing buckwheat. 



October 12 

October 13 

October 14 

October 15 



— At home &c. 

— Preached Sacramental lecture. 

— Preached at Yorktown; administered Sacrament. 

— At home. 

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October 16. — Rode to Kill. 

October 17. — At home, &c. 

October 20. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached Sacramental lecture. 

October 21. — Preached at Peekskill; administered the Sacra- 
ment; Elizabeth Ferris 333 joined the church at full meeting. 

October 22. — Boys making cider. 

October 23. — Finished making cider. 

October 24. — Cleaned up buckwheat. 

October 25. — At home, &c. 

October 27. — Studying. 

October 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew vii. last. 

October 29. — Wetish weather. 

October 30. — At Peekskill; paid Colliding for latches; at Samuel 
Jones's [and] R. Curry's. 

October 31. — Boys sowing rye. 

November 1. — Snow. 

November 2. — Rode to William Drake's; at Conference with 
some of the brethren &c. 

November 3. — Studying, &c. &c. 

November 4. — Preached at Yorktown. Matthew iv. 10. 

November 5. — Boys sowing rye. 

November 6. — Joseph gone to New York. 

November 7. — George set off to Waterbury with Joseph Lewis. 

November 8. — Taking down old house. 

November 9. — Preached [sermon] at Mrs. Lamoreux's burial. 

November 10. — In study, &c, &c; George returned from Water- 
bury. 

November 11. — Preached at Peekskill at the church; in the even- 
ing at Esq r Travis's. 

November 12. — Rode home; pleasant dry weather. 

November 13. — Nothing remarkable till afternoon; ministers 
called for Philographical Society, Mr. Lewis preached in the evening. 

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November 14. — Attended Society; adjourned to Mr. Townley's 
second Wednesday of February next. 

November 15. — Rode to Bedford to ordination of Mr. Hender- 
son; staid all night. Wallace finished chimney. 

November 16. — Rode home; Mr. Kerr with me, &c. 

November 17. — In study; O what a barren heart! Little sense 
of Divine things. 

November 18. — Preached at Yorktown; cloudy day. 

November 19. — At home. 

November 20. — Rainy day. 

November 21. — Snow storm; snow twelve inches. 

November 22. — Went into the woods, &c. ; killing beef. 

November 23. — George [went] to Sellick's mill; salting beef. 

November 24. — In study ; reading, &c. 

November 25. — Preached at Yorktown. 

November 26. — At home. 

November 27. — At home; pleasant weather; George stoning 
cellar. 

November 28. — At home, &c. 

November 29. — At home. 

December 1. — Studying; Sally went to York. 

December 2. — Preached at Peekskill; snowy day; rode to Dr. 
Strang's; no people came by reason of storm. 

December 3. — Rode to Thompson's, 334 Yale's [and] Carman's. 

December 4. — At home &c. 

December 8. — Studying &c. 

December 9. — Preached at Yorktown ; stormy day ; but one 
meeting. 

December 10. — At home, killing hogs &c. 

December 11.— To Peekskill with pork and oats &c. 

m Colonel James Thompson, who died at Peekskill, 27 February, 1804, aged 
fifty-six. His wife Sarah, died 1 May, 1802, aged sixty-two. Both buried in Van 
Cortlandt Cemetery. He married at Philadelphia, 15 February, 1768, Sarah Falconer. 

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December 12. — To Mr. Spock's; 335 married Joshua Nelson 336 
and Emelia Spock. 

December 13. — At home &c. 

December 14. — Cold weather. 

December 15. — Studying &c. 

December 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans ix. 33; cold day. 

December 17. — Pleasant; good sleighing. 

December 18. — Cold and good sleighing, &c. 

December 19. — At home. 

December 20. — At home ; snowy day ; married Nathaniel 
Hyatt 337 and Mary Lee. 

December 21. — Rode to Miller's. 

December 22. — Clear and cold ; in study. 

December 23. — Preached at Peekskill, Hebrews viii. 1 ; in the 
evening at Esq r Travis's married Banker and Phebe Sherwood. 

S3S James Spock, miller, of Peekskill, born 1740; died 1804. He was a private 
in the Revolution, serving in the Third Regiment, Westchester County militia, and 
in 1790 was made a vestryman of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill, in the graveyard of 
which both he and his wife Mary are buried. She was born 1747 and died 27 
February, 1805. Their children were : 

1. Emelia Spock, above. 

2. Stephen Spock, married, 6 November, 1799, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry 

Romer by his wife Mary Jennings, born 5 December, 1782, and grand- 
daughter of Captain Jacob Romer. (See note 156.) 

3. John Spock (of whom see note 211). 

4. Catharine Spock, married Peter, eldest son of Henry and Mary (Jennings) 

Romer (see note 350), born 27 January, 1781 ; died 23 October, 1868. 
Issue: Sarah, Mary, Fanny, Harriet, James H.. Caroline, Susan, Catherine, 
Maria, and Hester. 

5. Sarah Spock. 

6. Tamar Spock. 

7. Hester Spock. 

8. Mary Spock, married Moses Meeks, son of John and Dorothy Meeks, and had 

Joseph K., Isaac, Maria, John, Catherine A., Elizabeth, Richard C, George 

E., Phebe, and Lewis R. 
!M See Nelson Family, in Appendix. 
n7 See note 248. 

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December 24. — Rode home. 

December 25. — At home; singing meeting here. 

December 26. — Rode to Esq r Lane's, preached in the evening, 
1 Thessalonians i. 5. 

December 27. — Rode home ; warm day ; snow goes off fast ; rode 
to Isaac Gale's ; married Joshua Stivers and Rebecca Gale. 

December 28. — Set off for Waterbury, but turned back; rode to 
Abraham Rider's ; 33S paid him twenty dollars ; at Mr. Horton's. 

December 29. — Rain and snow but warm; studying, &c. &c. 

December 30. — Preached at Yorktown; cold day. 

December 3 1 . — Set off for Waterbury ; pleasant day ; arrived at 
Mr. Hoadly's. So ends the year! How little good have I done! 

1799 

January 1. — At Salem; rode to Mr. Fowler's; snowy day. 
January 2. — Rode to Mr. Terrill's, &c. 

338 Cornelius Ryder, farmer, of Yorktown, was born 20 April, 1744. He married, 
30 December, 1766, Abigail, daughter of Reuben Fowler, of Peekskill, born 22 
November, 1744; died 23 October, 1815; by whom he had the children given 
below, all of whom are named in his will of 27 February, 1818 ; proved 2 May, 
1821. 

1. Abraham Ryder, of the text, born 30 January, 1768; married Catherine, 

daughter of George Briggs, of Yorktown (see note 184). His will of 16 
July, 1820, proved 2 September following, named wife Catherine, and only 
son John and his children. 

2. Stephen Ryder, born 24 May, 1769. 

3. Reuben Fowler Ryder, born 12 December, 1770. 

4. Jacob Ryder, born 9 May, 1772. 

5. Anna Ryder, born 23 November, 1773; married McCord. 

6. Cornelius Ryder, born 29 June, 1776. 

7. Dorothy Ryder, born 29 October, 1778. 

8. Richard Griffen Ryder, born 6 July, 1780. 

9. Jonathan Ryder, born 26 December, 1784. 

10. James Ryder, born 4 January, 1787. 

11. Jeremiah Fowler Ryder, born 2 March, 1789. 

12. Jane Ryder. 

13- Mathias Ryder. 

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January 3. — Visiting friends, &c. 

January 4. — Set off for home; very cold day; staid at Major 
Truesdel's. 

January 5. — Rode home; very cold; spent some time in stud)". 

January 6. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah ix. 25 ; held but 
one service; very cold day. 

January 7. — Cool morning; rode to Conkling's and Strang's, &c. 

January 8. — Rode to Stephentown; preached at Widow Mar- 
shall's, Philippians i. 10. 

January 9. — Rode to Mr. Townley's. 

January 10. — Rode to New York; warm day; staid at Mr. 
Hutchinson's. 

January 11. — Rode to Mr. Townley's; staid all night. 

January 12. — Rode to Mr. Reed's; staid all night. 

January 13. — Stormy day; no meeting. 

January 14. — Rode home; warm day; snow melts. 

January 15. — Rode to Joseph Owens's; married Enos Wright and 
Miriam Woolsey. 

January 16. — At home; pleasant weather; George drawing logs 
at saw mill. 

January 17. — At home part of day; at Purdy's. 

January 18. — Mr. Wallace here; at Mrs. Delancey's; Mrs. Con- 
stant sick. 

January 19. — Cool, cloudy morning; in study, &c, &c. 

January 20. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 i. 19. 

January 21. — Rode to St. John's; his wife sick. 

January 22. — Rode to Peekskill ; warm day ; sleighing grows 
poor. 

January 23. — Rode to St. John's; to John Strang's; preached in 
the evening, Psalms lxix. 18. 

January 24. — Cold day; at home &c. 

January 25-26. — Preached at Yorktown, Sacramental lecture; 
rainy day. 

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January 27. — Preached at Yorktown ; administered the Sacra- 
ment. 

January 28. — At St. John's. 

February 1. — Boys drawing wood, cold day. 

February 2. — Studying; snow in the afternoon and evening. 

February 3. — Preached at Peekskill, Psalms Ixxxv. 8; in the even- 
ing at Henry Lent's, Psalms lxxi. 1; full meeting; married Isaac 
Thomas and Elizabeth Lillie. 

February 4. — Rode home after visiting several families ; married 
Henry Lent and Patty Odell. 

February 5. — George gone after straw to John Strang's. 

February 6. — At home ; in study &c. 

February 7. — Cold weather; in study. 

February 8. — George gone to mill ; in study. 

February 9. — In study. 

February 10. — Preached at Yorktown ; cool day ; sleighing gone. 

February 1 1 . — Married Simmons and Polly Burgduff ; cool 

weather. 

February 12. — Rode to Mr. Townley's; preached Psalms lxix. 9. 

February 13. — Attended Philographical Society; adjourned to 
Mr. Lewis's the second Tuesday of June next. 

February 14. — Rode home in the afternoon; singing meeting at 
my house. 

February 15. — In study; reading the magazine ; cool weather, but 
clear. 

February 16. — In study, &c, &c. O what a barren heart, may 
God give me grace and zeal for his cause. 

February 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians i. 11; Colos- 
sians i. 12; cold, snowy day; few people. 

February 18. — Clear, cold day; conference. 

February 19. — Some warmer. 

February 20. — At Mr. Lee's, Carman's, &c. 

February 21. — At home. 

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February 22. — At St. John's ; grows cold. 

February 23. — Very cold day ; rode to Peekskill ; preached 
funeral [sermon at] Polly Christian's. 

February 24. — Preached in new meeting house, Isaiah liii. 1 ; at 
Esq 1 " Travis's, Luke xx. 13 ; in the evening at Israel Lockwood's. 

February 25. — Cold day ; at Drake's, Jones's, Carman's, St. 
John's and Delancey's. 

February 26. — Clear and cool; boys getting wood at saw mill. 

February 28. — Studying; the winter weather very cold. 

March 1. — Cold day. 

March 2. — Studying, &c; Mr. Leonard came here, Mr. Andrews 
likewise. 

March 3. — Mr. Leonard preached; pleasant day; good sleighing. 

March 4. — Mr. Leonard went away ; cold day. 

March 5. — Cold and clear; at home; at Purdy's. 

March 6. — Judge Lee and Dr. White here. 

March 7. — Some warmer ; library day. 

March 8. — At home ; pleasant day. 

March 9. — Studying, &c. 

March 10. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation iii. 18; sleighing 
almost gone. 

March 1 1 . — Clear and cold. 

March 12. — Cold day; in study. 

March 13. — Mr. Andrews went to Peekskill; snow in evening. 

March 14. — Pleasant day; good sleighing; singing meeting here. 

March 15. — Went to D. Highat's. Conkling's and Knapp's; snow 
in the afternoon. 

March 16. — In study; pleasant day. 

March 17. — Preached at Peekskill, John iv. 11; in the evening 
at Joshua Drake's, Revelation iii. 18; cold day. 

March 18. — Rode home; cold day; snow on the ground; poor 
sleighing. 

March 19. — At home, &c. 

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March 20. — Cool weather ; at home. 

March 21. — Some warmer, but snow covers the ground. 

March 22. — Rainy day; snow almost gone. 

March 23. — Studying; very warm; married Thomas Barns and 
Susanna McFarden. 

March 24. — Preached [at] Yorktown, Jeremiah xvii. 14; pleas- 
ant day but muddy; few people at meeting. 

March 25. — Pleasant day; took down old house-frame. 

March 26. — Pleasant day; David Pullen came here to work. 

March 27. — Rainy day; cold, north-east storm. 

March 28. — Very cold ; in study, &c. 

March 29. — Raising cow-house, &c. 

March 30. — In study, &c. 

March 31. — Preached at Yorktown; pleasant day; rode to 
Richard Curry's. 



Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 
Apr 



1 1. — At [the] Kill; at home; Sally from York, and Joseph. 

1 2. — Cold day ; at home ; rain ; town meeting. 

1 3. — Joseph went to York; very cold. 

1 4. — Very windy day. 

1 5. — Cold weather; David Lewis came here from Salem. 

1 6. — At home, in study ; &c. 

1 7. — Preached at Peekskill ; pleasant day ; full meeting ; 



may some good be done to souls. 

April 8. — At home. 

April 9. — At home ; worked at yard fence. 

April 10. — Cold day. 

April 11. — Cold day and things scarcely begin to grow. 

April 12. — Worked at fence. 

April 13. — Studying, &c. 

April 14. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians ii. 5 ; Isaiah lx. 
16; pleasant day; my heart wandering and barren as to spiritual 
[things]. 

April 15. — Worked at yard, &c. 

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April 18. — Sent for fish; David Lewis went to Captain Purdy's. 

April 19. — Worked at fence; George went for fish. 

April 20. — Very cold; in study; preached Sacramental lecture; 
church meeting. 

April 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Acts xx. 7; administered the 
Sacrament; full meeting. 

April 22. — At home, &c; painting the parlour. 

April 23. — At home; Mr. McClantin here and J. Clark here; rain 
in the evening. 

April 24. — Misty day; in study, &c. 

April 25. — Fast day; 339 preached at Yorktown, James v. — . 

April 26. — Work at little house &c. 

April 27. — Very rainy day; in study. 

April 28. — Preached at Peekskill, Romans x. 3" John xvii. 16. 

April 29. — At home ; Clark came here to work. 

April 30. — Rode to Peekskill on business. 

May 1. — At home; making beer &c. 

May 2. — Rode to Peekskill ; preached funeral sermon of Jacob 
Conkling, who is dead ; cold day. 

May 3. — At home ; painting yard. 

May 4. — Clear and cold, but little appearance of vegetation; in 
study. 

May 5. — Preached at Yorktown, Jeremiah vi. 16; Romans ix. 30. 

May 6. — At home; cold season. 

May 7. — Clark finished ; went to Peekskill ; got boards of Brown. 

May 8. — Clark went home ; cold day. 

May 9. — At home; worked at yard. 

A lav 10. — Rode to Governor Cortlandt's; at Curry's; at Lock- 
wood's. 

May 11. — At home; boys working on road before gate; warm day. 

339 " April 20, 1799. — The Church met, etc. Discoursed on the nature and 
method of fasting under the gospel. Agreed to spend Thursday next as a day of 
fasting and prayer." — See Church Records, in Appendix. 

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May 12. — Preached at Yorktown; cold clay. 

May 13. — At home; preparing for people. 

May 14. — Presbytery met here, Mr. Lewis preached at meeting- 
house. 

May 15. — Attended presbytery; adjourned to Mr. Rogers's last 
Tuesday in September next; warm growing season. 

May 16. — At home. 

May 17. — At home; boys began to plant corn. 

May 18. — Studying; cool weather; church meeting at Deacon 
Lent's ; preached Matthew xviii. — . 

May 19. — Preached at Peekskill, Isaiah lxiii. 8; Job xi. 15; ad- 
ministered the Sacrament; full meeting. May God add his blessing! 
Married Joshua Travis and Sarah Hazel. 

May 20. — At home; dropping corn. 

May 21. — Rode to Governor Cortlandt's; to the Landing, &c. 

May 22. — Rode to Dr. White's ; to Stephen Brown's ; it rains. 

May 23. — Washing sheep. 

May 24. — Boys plowing buckwheat ground ; in study. 

May 25. — Studying, &c, growing season; cattle supplied with 
grass, blessed be God. 

May 26. — Preached at Yorktown. 

June 1. — Studying, &c. 

June 2. — Preached at Bedford, Song of Solomon — . 

June 3. — At home, &c. 

June 4. — Rode to Peekskill. 

June 8. — Studying, &c. 

June 9. — Preached at Peekskill, at the church. 

June 10. — At home; at Joseph Lee's. 

June 11. — Rode to Mr. Townley's, at Philographical Society; Mr. 
Henderson preached. 

June 12. — Attended Society; rode home; hot day; growing 
season. 

June 13. — At home; boys finished hoeing. 

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June 14. — At home; in study; rain in the afternoon in showers. 

June 15. — Studying; cold day. 

June 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Ezekiel xiv. 5; Psalms i. — ; 
full meeting; may God succeed his word and make it a saviour of life. 

June 17. — Clear and cool morning, Brown here after oxen. 

June 18. — Rode to Kill; hot day. 

June 19. — At home. 

June 20. — Singing meeting here in the evening ; at Deacon Lane's, 
Forman's, &c. 

June 21. — Reading; boys hoeing. 

June 22. — In study ; hot day. 

June 2$. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xcviii. 8, 9; Ephesians 
vi. 17; hot day. 

June 24. — Hot morning. 

June 25. — Rode to Peekskill with Mrs. Constant; hot day. 

June 26. — At home &c; had thunder and rain. 

June 27. — Wetish some part of day. 

June 28. — Reading magazine &c. 

June 29. — In study. 

June 30. — Preached at Peekskill, at new meeting house. 

July 1. — At home; hot growing season; reading, &c. 

July 2. — At home; reading &c; Chloe here. 

July 3. — At T. Strang's. 

July 4. — Rode to Red Mills; preached Hosea vi. 3; attended 
church meeting; staid at Mr. Hickox's. 

July 5. — Rode home; at Ingersoll's, Carman's; showers in the 
afternoon. 

July 6. — Studying, &c. &c. 

July 7. — Preached at Yorktown, Job xvi. 8; Isaiah liii. 10. O, 
may God's word do good to souls. 

July 8. — Hot morning; boys began to hoe corn. 

July 9. — Rode to Peekskill. 

July 10. — At home; plowing corn. 

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July ii. — Rode to Moses Tompkins's. 340 

July 12. — At home; reading, &c. 

July 13. — In study, &c. 

July 14. — Preached at Yorktown; conference here. 

July 15. — At home; Deacon Lane mowing meadow east side of 
road; at Peekskill. 

July 16. — Rode to Moses Tompkins's ; at Beadle's. 

July 17. — Raking hay; very good weather for hay. 

July 18. — Boys carting hay. 

July 19. — At home; reading, &c. 

July 20. — Studying, &c. &c. 

July 21. — Preached at Peekskill, 2 Samuel xxiii. 5. 

July 22. — Dry weather; at Deacon Knapp's; Ferris shod the colt. 

July 23. — Rode to the Kill; carried sheep. 

July 24. — At St. John's, got ram for mowing &c. 

July 25. — Hot day; Deacon Lane mowing; people came to help 
me mow east meadow. 

July 26. — Raking hay, &c ; very hot. 

July 27. — Stacking hay. 

July 28. — Rode to Cannel ; preached Isaiah liii. 10; 2 Samuel 
xxiii. 5 ; hot day ; a little sprinkling of rain ; the earth extremely dry. 

July 29. — Hot and dry. 

July 30. — At home, &c. 

July 31. — Boys working at oats. 

August 1. — Little rain. 

August 2. — Rain; studying. 

810 Moses Tompkins^ son of John Tompkins, of Greenburgh, by his wife Mercy 
Jones, married Mary Bonnet, of New Rochelle, and settled at Stephentown, later 
known as Somers, where he died. His will of 22 April, 1799, proved the following- 
October, named wife Mary, children Bonnet, Benjamin, Peter, Absalom, Moses, 
Isaac, Mary, and Ruth. His son Peter Tompkins, at whose house Mr. Constant 
also visited, and whom he married to Peggy Haviland, 19 August, 1787, made his 
will at Stephentown, 25 February, 1800, proved 23 June of the same year. His 
legatees were wife Peggy, sons John and Jacob, and daughters Fanny and Betsey. 

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August 3. — Some rain : studying. 

August 4. — Preached at Yorktown, Sacramental lecture, Matthew 
xxvi. 24; Proverbs xv. 1; very full meeting. May God succeed his 
word; showers, &c, &c. 

August 5. — Clear; at home, &c. ; preparing for journey, &c. 

August 6. — Set off for North Stamford ; at Mr. Henderson' s. 

August 7. — Staid at Mr. Lewis's. 

August 8. — Rode home; dry weather. 

August 9. — Finished getting hay; rode to Nathaniel Tompkins's, 
preached 2 John i. 9; dry day. 

August 10. — Plot morning; studying; some small showers. 

August it. — Preached at Peekskill, at the church; full meeting, 
Genesis v. 24; Hosea vi. 3; preached at Dr. Hugerford's, 341 John 
iv. 23. 

August 12. — At home; dry, hot weather. 

August 13. — Boys drawing stone in orchard. 

August 14. — Plowing orchard ; at Judge Lee's in the afternoon. 

August 15. — Dry weather; pastures almost all dried up. 

August 16. — Signs of rain. 

August 17. — Rain; Mr. Jenkins here ; studying. 

341 Dr. Peter Huggerford, probably tbe first regular physician in tbe north- 
western portion of Westchester County. He was a loyalist, and a portion of his 
confiscated estate was conferred upon Major John Paulding. His will, bearing date 
28 July, 1796, was proved 5 October, 1799. It described him as of White Plains, and 
made bequests to daughters Frances, wife of Benjamin Field, Martha Hardy, Jane 
Dickinson, and Esther ; to sons Tertullus and Joseph, son-in-law John Titus, and 
grandson John Huggerford. The daughter Martha had married Elias Hardy, 27 
October, 1781. John Huggerford. a surgeon and also a loyalist, went from New 
York to Shelburne, Nova Scotia, at tbe peace, where the Crown granted him land. 
He was twenty-four years of age and unmarried. His losses in consequence of his 
fidelity to the mother country were £1000. Thomas Huggerford married Charity, 
the daughter of Thomas Halstead, of Harrison Precinct, who is named in her 
father's will of 16 April, 1783. He, too, was a loyalist, and received one hundred 
acres of land in Digby township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. These latter 
were probably sons of Dr. Huggerford. and some further account of them may be 
found in " Sabine's Loyalists." 

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August 18. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah liii. 10; some rain. 

August 19. — The ground refreshed by rain. 

August 20. — Cool, north-east wind. 

August 21. — Cool weather; but grown warmer. 

August 22. — Rode to Captain Purdy's; preached 1 John i. 9. 

August 23. — At home; hot [and] dry; worked some at wall back 
of orchard. 

August 24. — Mr. McNiece came here to exchange; rode into the 
Highlands, at Mr. Nelson's. 342 

August 25. — Preached at Highlands, Isaiah liii. 10. 1 John i. 7; 
married E. Osborne and H. Bedel. 343 

August 26. — Cool morning; Mr. McNiece went home. 

August 27. — At Thomas Strang's, Lee's and Mr. Delancey's. 

August 28. — At home; Mr. Jenkins came here; drove cows to 
the great brook for water, very dry. 

August 29. — Training day ; some rain ; Joseph from York. 

August 30. — Rode to G. Forman's, got more shad. 

August 31. — In study &c. ; married John Boyd and Lucy John- 
son. 

September 1. — Preached at Peekskill, Romans v. 8, 9; Psalms 
cxlvi. 5. 

September 2. — Clear and dry weather. 

September 3. — Joseph returned to York; rode to Peekskill; rain 
in the afternoon. 

September 4. — Cloudy weather; at home. 

September 5. — Rainy weather; rode to Colonel Green's, 344 
preached Ephesians ii. 7 ; library day. 

342 See Nelson family, in Appendix. 

343 Mr. Constant's separate marriage list gives Ebenezer Osborne and Hannah 
Bedel (see note 292). 

344 Colonel Benjamin Green, of Somers, who died 6 October, 1812, aged fifty-six 
years and two months. His widow, Margaret, became the second wife of Enoch 
Crosby (see note 308). She died 22 March, 1825, aged sixty-four years, three 
months, and twenty days. 

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September 6. — At home, &c. 

September 7. — At home : studying &c. 

September 8. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lvi. 8; Isaiah xlv. 
7 ; Joseph from York. 

September 9. — Cloudy day ; at home ; Robert Lee here ; Air. 
Blair here. 

September 10. — Rainy morning; it has been wet weather this 
week past, the earth well supplied with rain ; blessed be God for it. 

September 11. — At home; warm day. 

September 12. — Warm day; rode to Sellick's; 345 preached Ephe- 
sians ii. 8 : rode home. 

September 13. — Very hot day. 

September 14. — Studying, hot day, thunder and rain, hard 
showers. 

September 15. — Preached at Yorktown. John xv. 1 ; full meeting. 

September 16. — Clear weather; at St. John's: his wife sick with 
lame arm. 

September 17. — At Kill; at Lequire's. 

September 18. — At home; trustees here. 

September 19. — Rainy day; very growing season. 

September 20. — At home ; Chester Hoadly came here ; Mrs. Con- 
stant at St. John's. 

September 21. — In study, though much hindered. 

September 22. — Preached at Peekskill, Colossians iii. 17; Mr. 
McNiece 34G preached in the afternoon ; at Yorktown in the evening. 

345 Gould John Sellick. a farmer, lived in Peekskill Hollow, south of Adams 
Corners. He died 5 February, 1812, aged fifty-two years, five months, one day. 
His wife Elizabeth, died 9 December, 1847, aged ninety-two years, nine months, 
three days. Both are buried at Shrub Oak. 

848 The Rev. John McNiece, principal of the North Salem Academy, who, in 
November, 1803, became pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg. 
Patterson, remaining until 1808. He is said to have been one of the Irish patriots 
of 1795, who left his home with Emmet and others, and for the same cause. He 
was also credited witli being a scholar and an eloquent preacher. 

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September 23. — Set off for Presbytery; staid at Doctor Cor- 
nelius's. 

September 24. — Rode to Mr. Rogers's; attended Presbytery. 

September 25. — Attended Presbytery; adjourned to Mr. Hickox's 
at Carmel, 2 nd Tuesday in May next. 

September 26. — Rode home; at Captain Brown's; pleasant 
day. 

September 2j. — At home; at St. John's, Miller's, &c. 

September 28. — Studying. 

September 29. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Samuel ii. 30. 

September 30. — At home ; warm weather. 

October 1. — Rode to Peekskill; preached in the evening at Mr. 
Hart's ; Society meeting. . 

October 2. — Rode home ; warm day. 



October 3 

Polly Carman 

October 4 



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October 5 
October 6 
October 7 
October 8 
October 9 



— At Judge Lee's, &c; married Wright Thorne and 
— Rode to Stephentown ; preached at Widow Mar- 



-Cloudy morning ; in study. 
-Preached at Yorktown ; full meeting. 



Joseph set off for Newburgh. 
At home ; James carried cloth to Gale's. 
■Mr. Hickox came here to Presbytery ; the other mem- 
bers failed, and there was no Presbytery convened. 

October 10. — Rode to John Hait's; married William Fowler and 
Elizabeth Hait. 34r 

October 11. — At saw mill; got lathes sawed; worked at crib, 
&c. 

October 12. — Much cloudy weather ; in study. 
October 13. — Preached at Peekskill ; cloudy day. 



**' The bride was the eldest child of John Haight, of Cortlandt, by his wife Sarah 
Searles, born 12 March, 1755 (see note 146). 

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October 14. — At home &c. 

October 15. — Rode to Mr. Charles Heroy's; 348 to Philographical 
Society; preached 1 John i. 3. 

October 16. — x\ttended Society; adjourned to 3 rd Wednesday in 
December ; rode home ; Joseph returned from Newburgh. 

October 17. — At home. 

October 18. — Rode to Peekskill [and] Stephentown. 

October 19. — Studying; rode to Stephen Brown's, 349 whose wife 
died ; staid all night. 

October 20. — Rode to Yorktown; preached Mark iv. 41. 

October 21. — Preached funeral sermon of Mrs. Brown; David 
Lewis came here. 

October 22. — At home ; boys finished thrashing buckwheat. 

October 23. — Stalking corn ; brought in three loads. 

October 24. — Clear and cool ; David Lewis went to St. John's. 

October 25. — Boys husking corn; studying; gathered winter 
apples. 

October 26. — Studying ; preached Sacramental lecture at meeting- 
house, 1 Peter ii. 6 . . . 9. 

October 27. — Preached at Yorktown, Luke xii. 50; Proverbs viii. : 
administered the Sacrament ; full meeting. 

October 28. — At home; northeast wind. 

October 29. — Rode to Peekskill ; Joseph set off for New York : 
pleasant day. 

October 30. — Pleasant day ; George digging potatoes ; James Lane 
gone home. 

October 31. — Digging potatoes. 

November 1 . — At home &c. 

November 2. — Studying &c. 

34S Charles Heroy died 15 December, 1824, aged seventy-five years. Phebe Heroy 
his wife, died 29 April, 1821, aged seventy years, and both are buried in the grave- 
yard of the Red Mills Presbyterian Church. 

5,9 See note 318. 

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November 3. — Preached at Peekskill at the church, Galatians iv. 
13; in the evening at Travis's, Ephesians vi. 16. 
November 4. — Rode home &c. ; pleasant day. 



November 5 
November 6 
Elizabeth Romer 
November 7 
November 8 
November 9 



. — At home ; Mr. Lewis and Bassitt here. 
—Rode to Romer' s; married Stephen Spock and 
350 at Requa's. 
. — At home; boys making cider. 
-At home. 

-Studying; killed beef. 
November 10. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews viii. 1-2. 
November 1 1 . — At home ; carting stalks ; warm day ; went to 
Society meeting in evening. 

November 12. — Warm, cloudy weather. 
November 13. — At home; went to saw mill. 

November 14. — Rode to William Beadle's; preached Matthew 
xxii. 

November 15. — Rode home; pleasant weather. 
November 16. — Studying &c. 

November 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xi. 30; Psalms 
viii. 5. 

800 Henry Romer, son of Captain Jacob Romer (see note 156), served in the 
Revolution as private in the companies of Captain George Comb and Captain Jonas 
Orsor, New York militia. He removed from Greenburg to Peekskill, where he died 
5 November, 1830. His first wife was Mary Jennings, born 11 January, 1759, died 
28 July, 1808, by whom he had : 1. Peter Romer, born 27 January, 1781 ; died 23 
October, 1863; married Catherine, daughter of James Spock (see note 335). 2. 
Elizabeth Romer, born 5 December, 1782, married, as above, Stephen Spock. 3. 
Jacob Romer, born 27 February, 1786; died unmarried. 4. Sarah Romer, born 6 
April, 1788; died unmarried. 5. Fanny Romer, born 16 May, 1790; married (1) 
Sylvanus Curry; (2) John Croft. 6. Henry Romer, born 10 January, 1792; died 
16 March, 1864; married (1) Jane Roake; (2) Jane Ruxor. 7. William J. Romer, 
born 4 January, 1794; died 12 May, 1795. 8. William Romer, born 12 January, 
: 796. 9- James Romer, born 27 February, 1798; died 27 June, 1803. 10. Maria 
Romer, born 13 February, 1800; married Samuel Miller, of Ossining. 11. Susan 
A. Romer, born 18 April, 1802; married David Weeks, of Somers. 12. Charles 
Romer, bom 18 April, 1802 ; died 20 April, 1802. 

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November 18. — At home; warm, cloudy weather. 



November 19 
November 20 
November 21 
November 22 
November 23 
November 24 
November 25 
November 26 
November 27 



-At home; pleasant weather. 

-David Pnllen began to frame the hen-roost. 



. — Worked at hen-roost ; went to Deacon Knapp's. 
. — At home. 

-Studying; pleasant weather. 
. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms viii. 4. 
. — Pleasant weather. 

-More cold and windy; went to Peekskill. 
. — Cool day ; at home, &c. 
November 28-29. — 
November 30. — Studying &c. 

December 1. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms viii. 4; cool but 
pleasant. 

December 2. — At home ; David Pullen worked at hen-roost ; killed 
shoats. 

December 3. — Went to Kill ; sent shoats to York ; rain in the 
afternoon. 

December 4. — At home ; worked at hen-roost. 
December 5. — Library day; snow and rain; rode to Jacob Cox's ; 
married Caleb Drake and Elizabeth Cox. 

December 6. — Pleasant day ; at Dr. White's. 
December 7. — Studying, rainy day; rode to Solomon Smith's: 
married Leonard Decline and Euphemia Paulding. 351 

December 8. — Preached at Yorktown. Psalms lx. 7; xxiii.; lii. 5: 
few people at meeting. 

December 9. — Cool and pleasant ; killed hogs. 
December 10. — Rode to Kill ; sent pork to York ; at Gale's after 
cloth. 

December 1 1 . — At home. 
December 12. — At home, pleasant. 
December 14. — Studying &c &c. 

851 See note 229. 
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December 15. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews xi. 33. 

December 16. — Young mare very lame; some rain; cleared off 
cold. 

December 17. — Rode to Abraham Smith's; Society meeting; 
preached Hebrews xi. 33. 

December 18. — Attended Society meeting; cold day; rode home, 
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Townley with me. 

December 19. — Some snow; cleared off warm. 

December 20. — Clear and pleasant ; hard purging and unwell. 

December 21. — Studying; pleasant day. 

December 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew iv. 2; Hebrews 

xi. 33- 

December 23. — Trying experiment &c &c. 

December 24. — At home ; pleasant weather. 

December 25. — Rode to Esq 1 " Lane's ; preached Luke ii. 13-14. 

December 26. — Rode to Peekskill. 

December 27. — Plastering roof &c ; warm, thawy weather. 

December 28. — Cloudy and warm ; in study &c &c. 

December 29. — Preached at Yorktown, John iv. 2-3. 

December 30. — At home ; killing hogs ; salting pork &c. 

December 31. — Preached funeral at Sands's, Mr. Wood's funeral; 
married Simon Wright 352 [and Mary Fowler] ; James Leverich and 
Sarah Hatfield. So end this year, O, alas for my barrenness. 

802 Simon Wright, son of Simeon Wright by his wife Esther Horton, born at 
Yorktown, 14 September, 1775 ; died 30 January, 1861, and buried in the Van 
Cortlandt cemetery at Peekskill. He married (1), as above, Mary, daughter of 
Joseph and Sarah (Whitney) Fowler, born 14 February, 1779; died 12 February, 
1804. He married (2), 11 November, 1807, Elizabeth Barton, born 16 August, 1775; 
died 11 June, 1837. His children were, by his first marriage: 1. Joseph Fowler 
Wright, born at Cortlandt, 11 November, 1800; died at New York, 17 July, 1832; 
married, 30 July, 1828, Emeline Pamelia Leake. 2. James Wright, born 26 May, 1802 ; 
married (1), 27 January, 1824, Zillah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Garrison) 
Hart; married (2), 17 August, 1862, Marietta Hathaway, widow of Jonathan Miles, 
of Woodhull, New York. 3. Mary Wright, born 12 February, 1804; died un- 
married, 18 April, 1825. 4. Eliza Wright, twin of last, died in infancy. 

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1800 

January 1. — At home; cool and pleasant; married Amos Whit- 
ney 353 and Rosetta Lewis. 

January 2. — At Mr. Whitney's. 

January 3. — Preached funeral at meeting house ; William Lee 354 
dead ; Captain Hait and wife here. 

January 4. — Studying &c ; pleasant weather. 

January 5. — Preached at Yorktown, James i. 17; Psalms xxxiii. 
12 ; pleasant dry weather. 

January 6. — Cool but clear and pleasant. 

January 7. — At home ; rode to Peekskill ; got back. 

January 8-9. — Got of Brown. 

January 10. — Singing meeting here; Rosetta went to Mr. Whit- 
ney's to live. 

January 11. — At home; rode to Kill, &c. 

January 12. — Preached at Kill. 

January 13. — At home; pleasant weather; dry weather; good 

-Set off for New York ; staid at Mr. Townley's. 
-Rode to New York ; staid at Willis's. 
-In New York, all day. 

-Set off for Philadelphia ; rode to Newark; staid at 
Mr. Comb's ; rain in the afternoon. 



m One of the sons of Seth Whitney,' of Crompond, by his wife Sarah Mow, or 
Moe, born 15 December, 1767; died 2 February, 1844. His wife Rosetta, daughter 
of Rev. Amzi and Elizabeth Lewis, and niece of Mrs. Constant, was born at Water- 
bury, Connecticut, 3 April, 1779, and married from Mr. Constant's house. She died 
3 September, 1868. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are buried in the East graveyard at 
Crompond. Their children were: Silas. David, Seth, Amy, Lewis, and Sarah 
Jane. (For ancestry and descendants of, see Whitney Genealogy.) 

m See note 137. 

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January 18. — Rode to Kingston; 355 cold and windy; muddy 
roads. 

January 19. — Preached at Kingston; staid at Matthew Van 
Dyke's. 

January 20. — Rode to Philadelphia; pleasant weather; good 
riding. 

January 21. — Doing business in Philadelphia; rode to Frankford. 

January 22. — Rode to Kingston ; staid at Matthew Van Dyke's. 

January 23. — Rode to Newark at Mr. Comb's. 

January 24. — Rode into New York &c. ; after doing business there, 
rode to Harlem. 

January 25. — Rode to Yorktown having experienced much of 
God's goodness on my long journey. 

January 26. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans ix. 32 ; John xiv. 

January 27. — Cool, dry weather. 

January 28. — At home ; cold weather. 

January 30. — Cold weather. 

January 31. — Rode to Mr. Whitney's; snow in the evening. 

February 1. — Snow six inches [deep] ; studying. 

February 2. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Corinthians xiv. 26; 
Hebrews x. 13; good sleighing, the first we have had this winter. 

February 3. — Cool, cloudy weather. 

February 4. — At home ; cold weather. . 

February 5. — Rode to Kill; at Sands's and Smith's. 

February 6. — At home. 

February 7. — Rode to Esq r Lane's ; pleasant day but cold and dry ; 
wind north. 

355 A town on the right bank of the Millstone River, on the Great Road, just 
half-way between New York and Philadelphia, and situated partly in Somerset and 
partly in Middlesex Counties, New Jersey. Its Presbyterian church is one of the 
earliest in the State, and before there was a church at Priceton, some seven miles 
distant, the people of that vicinity worshipped at Kingston. The first settled 
pastor was the celebrated Rev. William Tennant, founder of Log College, Penn- 
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February 8. — Studying ; cloudy ; snow [in the] evening. 

February 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans iii. 32; rode to 
meeting in sleigh ; cold, but one meeting. 

February 10. — Rode to St. John's in sleigh; at home in the after- 
noon. 

February 1 1 . — Cold, clear morning. 

February 12. — Cold day; at home. 

February 13. — Rode to Jesse Owen's; 356 married John Ferris 357 
and Jane Owens. 

February 14. — At home; cold day; snowstorm. 

February 15. — Cold; studying &c. &c. 

February 16. — Preached at Yorktown, Philippians ii. 7-8; good 
sleighing ; cold day. 

February 17. — Clear, cold morning. 

February 18. — At home in morning; rode to Kill with Sally; got 
tar. 

February 19. — At home; singing meeting here in the evening. 

February 20. — At home &c. 

February 21. — Rode to Deacon Knapp's, Mrs. Constant with me. 

February 22. — In study &c. 

February 23. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans xi. last ; very 
warm, snow almost gone. 

February 24. — Sore face ; at home. 

February 25. — Ditto. 

February 26. — At home &c. 

February 27. — At home; cool weather; in woods; tapped maple 
trees. 

358 See note 244. 

857 Jonathan, and not John, son of Jonathan Ferris, of Cortlandt Manor, by his 
first wife Rachel Dean (see note 299), born 1779, died 6 September, 1838; mar 
ried, as above, Jane Owens, born 1783, died 20 October, 1845. Issue: Sarah; 
Harrison, died 29 November, 1854; Jesse Owen; Mary A.; Benjamin, died Q 
April, 1826; Charles; Joshua C. : Jane Eliza, died it May, 1849; J. Henry, 
born 1820, died June, 1873. 

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February 28. — Cloudy, cold day ; snow in the evening. 

March 1 . — Snow ; studying ; sore face. 

March 2. — Preached at Yorktown, Romans viii. 5 ; Philippians iii. 
7; good sleighing. 

March 3. — Warm, pleasant day ; George gone to mill. 

March 4. — At home. 

March 7-8. — Studying &c. 

March 9. — Preached at Yorktown ; good sleighing, but snowy day ; 
snow eight inches. 

March 10. — Set off for New York; pleasant day; staid at Mr. 
Townley's. 

March 11. — Rode to New York; warm day. 

March 12. — Doing business in York. 

March 13. — Ditto; preached in the evening at Mr. Baldwin's, 
Ephesians vi. 16. 

March 14. — Visiting &c. 

March 15. — Ditto. 

March 16. — Preached at York, John iv. 24; Psalms xcvii. 3; 
Isaiah lxiii. 1. 

March 17. — Staid in York. 

March 18. — Rode to Greenburg; at Mr. Townley's. 

March 19. — Rode home; very muddy riding. 

March 20. — Dry, pleasant weather; at home. 

March 21. — At home. 

March 22. — In study ; wet day. 

March 23. — Preached at Yorktown, 2 Peter i. 10-11. 

March 24. — Pleasant day ; Clark here. 

March 25. — Rode to Kill; to St. John's; got sixteen dollars of St. 
John. 

March 26. — Rode to Ozias Osborne's, W. Osborne's, Hadden's 
&c. 

March 27. — David Pullen came here to work; rode to Kill, mar- 
ried John Odell and Elizabeth Nelson. 

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March 28. — At home ; very warm. 

March 29. — George gone to Kill after boards ; in study &c. 

March 30. — Preached at Yorktown ; wetish day. 

March 31. — At home. 

April 1 . — Town meeting ; pleasant day. 

April 2. — Warm day ; at Kill, rode to Sylvanus Hait's, 358 married 
Daniel Meguire and Martha Hait. 

April 3. — At home, &c. 

April 4. — Rode to Mr. Hickox's. 

April 5. — Rode to Poughkeepsie ; bad riding. 

April 6. — Preached at Poughkeepsie, Ezekiel iii. 1 ; Ephesians 
vi. 16. 

April 7. — Rode home ; warm day. 

April 8. — Married Ebenezer White 359 and Ame Green. 

April 9. — Cool, dry day ; George began to plow. 

April 10-12. — Studying, &c. 

April 13. — Preached at Yorktown ; rainy day. 

April 14-15. — Rode to Kill. 

April 16. — At home; warm; grass begins to grow. 

April 17. — Very warm. 

April 18-19. — Studying, Thomas Lave here; preached Sacra- 
mental lecture. 

April 20. — Preached at Yorktown, John xviii. 14; administered 
the Sacrament, Mr. Lewis preached ; married Stephen Baxter and 
Polly Bissell. 

April 21. — At home; Mr. Barr came here; rainy afternoon. 

April 22. — Rode to Kill. 

April 23. — Sowed summer wheat. 

April 24-25. — Mr. Barr from Carmel. 

April 26. — Studying. 

April 2y. — Preached at Yorktown ; wetish day. 

558 Sylvanus Haight, one of the vestry of St. Peter's Church, Peekskill, in 179° 
'" See note 245. 

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April 28. — Mr. Barr from Peekskill; preached in the evening at 
meeting-house. 

April 29. — Rode to Bedford to Philographical Society. 

April 30. — Attended Society. 

May 1. — Rode home; Mr. Barr with me; election. 

May 2. — At home &c. 

May 3. — Studying &c. 

May 4. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xcii. 5-6; Proverbs 



x. 24. 



May 5. — At home. 

May 6. — Rode to Kill ; boys plowing for planting. 

May 7. — At home, rainy day. 

May 8. — Gardening; reading &c. 

May 9. — Gardening &c. 

May 10. — In study; Mr. Barr to Carmel. 



May 11 
May 12 



here in the evening and Mr. Townley. 



May 13 

tery. 

May 14 
May 15 

Tuesday in 
May 16 
May 17 
May 18 

wetish day. 
May 19 
May 20 
May 21 
May 22 
May 23 
May 24 



-Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah liii. 7; Romans iii. 16. 
-Warm morning; apple trees in full bloom; Mr. Lewis 



— Rode to Carmel ; at Mr. Hickox's ; attended Presby- 

— Attended Presbytery. 

— Presbytery adjourned to meet at Mr. Cornwell's, last 

September next; rode home; rainy some part of the day. 

— At home ; plastering barn. 

— Studying, &c. &c. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Romans xiv. 3; Hebrews ii. 4; 

— Boys planting ; at home ; Sally went to Kill". 
— Wetish day. 

— Cool weather; Sally and Rosetta set off for Salem. 
— Rode to Ozias Osborne's and Abraham Wright's, &c. 
— At home ; in study. 
— Studying &c ; George shearing sheep. 
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May 25. — Preached at Yorktown. t Corinthians i. 23-4; Gala- 
tians vi. 7 ; cloudy day. 

May 26. — Cold, rainy morning. 

May 27. — At Peekskill. 

May 28. — Plastering with cement. 

May 29. — Training clay, &c. 

May 30. — Preached at Nathaniel Tompkins's, 1 Corinthians ix. 
24 ; Sally came here. 

May 31. — In study. 

June 1. — Wet morning; preached at Yorktown, Romans x. 12- 
1 3 ; few people at meeting. 

June 2. — At home. 

June 3. — Set off for Presbytery; at Hempstead; arrived at Mr. 
Coe's. 

June 4. — Attended Presbytery. 

June 5. — Rode home. 

June 6. — Rode to Smith Lane's; lecture; Mr. Barr preached. 

June 7. — In study, &c. 

June 8. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xviii. 15-16-17; Psalms 
lxxvi. 9-10; full meeting. 

June 9. — At home; warm day. 

June 10. — Set off for New York with Captain Conkling. 

June 11. — Arrived in New York at 10 o'clock. 

June 12. — In New York, visiting friends; preached in evening, 
John i. 12. 

June 13. — Assisting in the use of the cement. 

June 14. — Visiting &c. 

June 15. — Preached in New York, Job xxiii. 3 ; Matthew xviii. 15 ; 
in the evening, Isaiah liii. 1. 

June 16. — In New York. 

June 17. — In New York &c. ; visiting. 

June 19. — Preached in the evening. 

June 20. — At Mr. Searle's, &c. 

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June 21. — Set off for home; arrived at home about sun-set; 
Chloe here; unwell, but getting better; blessed be God for all his 
mercies. 

June 22. — Preached at Yorktown, John vi. 51 ; 2 Timothy ii. 19. 

June 23. — Growing time, cherries begin to look red. 

June 24. — Rode to Kill ; hot weather ; boys hoeing. 

June 25. — At home; boys hoeing. 

June 26. — At home. 

June 27. — Rode to Jonathan Owens's, preached Philippians iii. 3. 

June 28. — Studying &c. ; cherries full ripe and plenty ; very grow- 
ing season. 

June 29. — Preached at Yorktown, John xvii. 3 ; Proverbs x. 5 ; 
full meeting. 

June 30. — Cool morning. 



July 
July 

July 
July 
July 
July 
hot day. 
July 7 
July 8 
July 9 
July 



—Rode to Kill. 

— At home; growing season. 

— At home, studying. 

— Rode to Carmel, preached &c. 

— Studying. 

— Preached at Yorktown, John v. 28 



Romans viii. 21-22; 



— Hot morning ; George plowing new ground. 
— At home ; boys began to hoe corn behind barn. 
— Rode to Ozias Osborne's. 
11. — Parent began to make wheels; rode to Jonathan 



Owens's, preached John i. 51 ; church meeting. 



July 
July 

July 
July 
July 
July 
July 



12 

J 3 
14 
15 
16 

17 

18 



— Studying ; hot weather ; harvest ripe. 

— Preached at Carmel, Proverbs viii. 36 ; John iii. 6. 

— Began to harvest ; worked at hay. 

— At hay. 

— Harvesting. 

— Hot weather ; studying. 

— Worked at hay. 

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July 19. — Studying; hot day. 

July 20. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew iii. 7; 2 Corinthians 
xiii. n; hot day; rain in the evening. 

July 21. — Cool day; boys hoeing. 

July 22. — Rode to Kill. 

July 23. — At home; Parent working at cart. 

July 24. — At home ; hot weather. 

July 25. — Studying ; worked at hay. 

July 26. — Sacramental lecture. 

July 27. — Preached at Yorktown, John xii. 32; Hebrews xii. 25; 
full meeting ; may God grant the Word success. 

July 28. — Harvesting summer wheat. 

July 29. — Rode to Kill. 

July 30. — At home; raking oats. 

July 31. — Raking oats. 

August 1 . — Carting oats. 

August 2. — Studying &c. 

August 3. — Preached at Carmel, 1 Timothy vi. 12; Matthew x. 
38; rainy night. 

August 4. — Cold day ; Chloe gone home ; boys carting oats ; very 
growing season. 

August 5. — Rode to Kill ; hot day. 

August 6. — Some people mowing for me. 

August 7. — Raking hay; very hot; some rain in night. 

August 8. — Stacking hay ; rainy afternoon. 

August 9. — Rain in forenoon; in study. 

August 10. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 Peter i. 15-16; Matthew 
xxiv. 46, O may God grant his blessing. 

August 11. — Worked at hay. 

August 12. — Went to Kill with team; got turpentine: hoi 
day. 

August 13. — Rode to John Jones Jun r 's; preached Ephesians 
iii. 13. 

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August 14. — At home; worked some at hay. 

August 15. — Finished getting hay &c. 

August 16. — In study. 

August 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians iv. 20-21; rainy 
day ; few people at meeting. 

August 18. — Cloudy morning. 

August 19. — At home; warm weather. 

August 20. — St. John set off to Waterbury. 

August 21. — At home. 

August 22-23. — Studying. 

August 24. — Preached at Carmel, Philippians iii. 3; full meeting: 
married Daniel Teller and Zilpha Smith. 360 

August 25. — At home; preparing for Society meeting. 

August 26. — Mr. Townley preached at meeting house. 

August 27. — Society meeting here. 

August 28. — Mr. Lewis and others went home; at Mr. Roake's; 
rain in afternoon. 

August 29. — At home, &c. 

August 30. — Studying. 

August 31. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxv. 8; full meet- 
ing; may God bless his word. 

September 1 . — At home. 

September 2.— Rode to Kill. 

September 3. — At home. 

September 4. — Library meeting. 

September 5. — At Esq 1 ' Lane's; at Carmel; church meeting. 

September 6. — Studying ; warm day ; married Gerrard Smith and 
Hannah Miller. 

September 7. — Preached at Yorktown. Ezekiel xviii. 25 ; married 
John Pullen and Sarah Williams. 

September 8. — Clear and pleasant weather ; boys sowing rye. 

September 9. — Sent shoats to York. 

360 Daughter of Jacob Smith, of Yorktown (see note 135). 
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September 10. — Rode to Ezra Hubble's. 361 

September n. — At home; George worked at barn. 

September 12. — Got young mare shod &c. 

September 13. — Warm weather; studying; rode to Carmel, 
preached. 

September 14. — Preached at Carmel, Philippians ii. 7-8; rode to 
Deacon Travis's, preached Ephesians vi. 17; rode home. 

September 15. — At Kill; Joseph went to York. 

September 16. — At home. 

September 18. — At Dr. White's, &c. 

September 19. — At home; reading &c. 

September 20. — Studying; George finished sowing wheat; rainy 
night. 

September 21. — Preached at Yorktown, 1 John ii. 15. 

September 22. — At home; reading Park's Travels. 

September 23. — Rode to Miller's; to Peekskill. 

September 24. — Wetishday; at home; in study &c. 

September 25. — Cloudy weather. 

September 26. — Ditto. 

September 2.y. — Studying; cloudy weather. 

September 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms lxxviii. 7: Mr. 
Barr to Carmel. 

September 29. — Set off for Presbytery with Mr. Lewis; rode to 
Colonel Herrick's. 

361 Ezra Hubble, farmer, of the present town of Putnam Valley, born 18 May, 
J763; died 13 September, 1822; married Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Owens, born 
20 June, 1770; died 2 February, 1854. Issue: 1. Jesse Owens Hubble, born 5 
February, 1792; died 18 May, 1877. 2. Henry Hubble, born 22 November, 1793; 
died 5 May, t86i. 3. Daniel Hubble, born 23 January, 1796; died 5 December, 
1806. 4. James Hubble, born 7 January, 1798; died 13 November, 1863. 5. Maria 
Hubble, born 29 September, 1799; died 29 July, 1825. 6. John Hubble, born 18 
December, 1802; died 4 May, 1850. 7. Ferris Hubble, born 9 January, 1804; died 
31 January, 1825. 8. Jane Hubble, born 3 February, 1806; died 3 May, 1825. 
9. Hannah Hubble, born 30 August, 1808; died 28 May. 1875. 10. Joseph Hubble 
born 18 July, 1810; died 1884. 

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September 30. — Rode to Mr. Cornwell's; attended Presbytery. 

October 1. — Attended Presbytery. 

• October 2. — Attended Presbytery and ordination of Messrs. Per- 
kins and Barr; adjourned to meet at Yorktown, May next, second 
Tuesday, two o'clock p.m. 

October 3. — Set off for home ; rode to Deacon Strang's. 

October 4. — Rode to Abraham Smith's; Mr. Barr returned. 

October 5. — Preached at Carmel, Ephesians i. 18; Luke xvi. 2; 
rode home ; rainy evening. 

October 6. — Cleared off cool. 

October 7. — Rode to Kill &c. 

October 8. — At home; raking buckwheat. 

October 9. — Rode to Kill; married H. Brady and Peggy Lent; 
rode home; reckoned with trustees of Peekskill. 

October 10. — At home; in study. 

October 11. — Cool morning; in study. 

October 12. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews v. 9; Proverbs 
iii. 7. 

October 13. — Cool day; wet &c. 

October 14. — Mr. Barr set off for Georgia; rode to Esq r John- 
son's; married Sam[uel] Nosdall and Margaret Johnson. 

October 15. — Cool, east wind, like for rain; boys gathering win- 
ter apples ; married Abraham Purdy 362 and Hannah Fowler. 

October 16. — Rainy day; at home, [in] study. 

October 17. — [In] study ; married Dickerson and Sarah Hal- 
lock. 

October 18. — Very rainy day ; studying. 

October 19. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah liii. 11 ; 1 Corinthians 
xv. 55 ; administered the Sacrament. 

362 Abraham Purdy, son of Obadiah and Hannah (Smith) Purdy (see note 326), 
was born at Yorktown, 15 June, 1774, and died at Hudson City, New Jersey, 22 
April, 1861. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Joseph Fowler, by his wife Sarah 
Whitney, born 25 September, 1777; died at Mamaking, New York, 1 December, 
1816. A list of their children is to be found in the Whitney Genealogy. 

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October 20. — Clear and cold. 

October 21-24. — Gathering corn. 

October 25. — Studying. 

October 26. — Preached at Carmel ; in the evening at Dr. Cor- 
nelius's, Isaiah liii. 1 ; rode home; Mrs. Rich came here. 

October 27. — Set off for Presbytery in New Jersey : rode to Major 
Keep's, in Scrawlingburg. 363 

October 28. — Rode to Mr. Jackson's [at] Bloomfield. 364 

October 29. — Attended Presbytery ; pleasant weather ; preached in 
the evening, Ephesians xvi. — . 

October 30. — Attended Presbytery; preached in the evening, 
Psalms xci. 1 ; pleasant weather. 

October 31. — Attended Presbytery; adjourned to Newtown, Mr. 
Smith's, first Tuesday in June next; rainy day. 

November 1. — Rode to New York; rainy day. 

November 2. — Preached [at] New York. Isaiah xlvii. — ; in the 
evening, Zachariah ii. 7. 

November 3. — In New York; visiting friends. 

November 4. — Attended on the gathering of the Congregational 
church. 

November 5. — Set off for home; pleasant day; rode to White 
Plains to Judge Tompkins's. 

November 6. — Rode home; family well ; blessed be God for all hi> 
mercies. 

November 7. — At home; cleaning buckwheat. 

November 8. — Studying &c. 

November 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms cxix. 41-42; Titus 
ii. 6; O may God add his blessing to his word. 

November 10. — Rode to Kill ; George went down with buckwheat. 

383 Schraalenburgh, in Bergen County, New Jersey. 

384 The Rev. Abel Jackson, who was pastor of the Presbyterian church of Bloom- 
field, New Jersey, from 1800 to 1810. This is now the Third Presbyterian Church 
of Newark. 

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November 1 1. — At home; Mrs. White here; Society met at meet- 
ing house. 

November 12. — At home; pleasant day; boys gathering corn. 

November 13. — At home. 

November 14. — At home; cool weather; finished gathering corn. 

November 15. — Studying &c. 

November 16. — Preached at Carmel, Hebrews vii. 25; Proverbs 
x. 25. 

November 17. — Rode to Kill, George with team and buckwheat 
and oats ; got boards of Highat's. 

November 18. — Rainy morning. 

November 19. — Rode to Stephen Brown's; at Dr. White's. 

November 20. — At Pell Sutton's, 365 married John Christian and 
Mary Sutton. 

November 21. — Snowy day. 

November 22. — In study ; cold day. 

November 23. — Preached at Yorktown, John xv. — ; good sleigh- 
ing. 

November 24. — At home ; Society meeting ; at meeting house. 

November 25. — Rode to Peekskill, Mrs. Constant with me; George 
with corn. 

November 26. — Getting sled runners; to saw mill. 

November 27. — Warm, pleasant morning. 

November 28. — At home &c. 

November 29. — In study &c. 

November 30. — Preached at Yorktown ; may God support his 
cause. 

305 Son of Andrew Sutton by his wife Abby Pell. The name of the groom was 
John Christian Vought (see note 309) ; born 1775, died 15 February, 1849. His 
first wife was Mary, daughter of Joshua Hyatt. His second wife, Mary, daughter 
of the above Pell Sutton, by his wife Wyntie Montross, died 22 February, 1849. 
The children of the last marriage were : 1. Pell Sutton Vought. 2. Jane Vought, 
born 1812: died unmarried, 26 March, 1842. 3. Mahala Vought, and another 
daughter, who married Judson H. Gilbert. 

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December i. — Went to Kill &c. 

December 2. — At home. 

December 3. — Ditto. 

December 4. — Library meeting; Mr. Cornwell came here. 

December 5. — Wet, snowy day. 

December 6. — Mr. Cornwell went to Carmel to preach on the 
morrow. 

December 7. — Preached at Yorktown, and Mr. Cornwell at Car- 
mel. 

December 8. — Rode to Kill. 

December 9. — At home &c. 

December 10. — Rode to John Clark's, paid Jacob Clark. 

December 1 1 . — Boys cutting hoop poles. 

December 12. — Very high storm. 

December 13. — George went to Kill with hoop poles; bad carting; 
studying &c. 

December 14. — Preached in Yorktown, Acts x. 42-43; pleasant 
day. 

December 15. — Set off for Mr. Cornwall's; staid at Reuben 
Fowler's. 

December 16. — Rode to Mr. Cornwell's; attended church meet- 
ing; preached in evening, Psalms lxxviii. 7. 

December 17. — Attended in council with others; in the evening, 
preached at Mr. Herrick's, Psalms xci. 1. 

December 18. — Set off for home; pleasant day; rode to Reuben 
Fowler's. 

December 19. — Rode home, after calling to see Mr. Hickox and 
others. 

December 20. — Rainy day ; in study. 

December 21. — Preached at Yorktown. 

December 22. — At Peekskill. 

December 23. — At home. 

December 25. — Preached at Esq r Lane's, Psalms civ. last. 

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December 26. — Rode home. 



December 27 
December 28 
December 29 
December 30 
December 31 



— In study. 

— Preached at Carmel, Romans xiii. 1 1 ; rainy day. 

— Rode home ; at Judge Lee's. 

— At home &c. 

— At Nat[aniel] Highat's; reckoned with him ; cool, 



but pleasant weather; snow one inch deep. 

1801 

January 1 . — Rode to Carmel ; preached at meeting house, Romans 
xiii. 13 ; in the evening at Dr. Cornelius's. 

January 2. — Rode home; at Stephen Brown's and Ozias Os- 
borne's. 

January 3. — Studying &c; very cold. 

January 4. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs iii. 17. 

January 5. — At home; snow six inches deep; preparing for 
journey. 

January 6. — Set off for North Stamford, where I preached in the 
evening, Job xxiii. 3, 4. 

January 7. — Attended Society; rainy day. 

January 8. — Rode home; snow much gone and bad sleighing; 
married Daniel Baldwin 366 and Hannah Strang. 

January 9. — Rode to Ozias Osborne's, preached in the evening. 
Acts xiii. 38-9. 

January 10. — In study; warm and wetish in afternoon. 

January 11. — Preached at Yorktown, Job xxxv. 14; cold day. 

January 12. — Cool weather; snow gone, so as to spoil sleighing; 
roads rough and dry. 

January 13. — At home; in study. 

January 14. — Rode to Solomon Smith's; to Mr. Jacobs's; mar- 
ried John Lent and Peggy Jacobs. 

'! 

366 See note on page 356. 
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January 15. — In study; cool weather. 

January 16. — No sleighing. 

January 17. — In study &c. 

January 18. — Preached at Carmel, John iii. 16; at Dr. Cornelius's 
in the evening. Psalms lxxviii. 7; cold day; married Solomon 
Wright and Zilpah Baldwin. 366 

January 19. — Rode to Francis Strang's ; [at] home; rainy after- 
noon and night. 

January 20. — At home. 

January 21. — Cool, but pleasant day; married John Roake and 
Susanna Hart. 

January 22. — In woods ; getting .wood ; clear and cold. 

January 23. — At Nathaniel Strang's [and] John Lee's; grows 
warmer. 

January 24. — Some snow last night and this morning; cold; in 
study. 

January 25. — Preached at Yorktown, Revelation iii. 21. 

January 26. — At home ; in study, &c. 

January 27. — Rode to Peekskill ; pleasant weather, but no sleigh- 
ing; Mr. Lent paid me £5. 



3m Elisha Baldwin, eldest son of James Baldwin, of Carmel, lived near Lake 
Mahopac, where he died 19 October, 1816, aged sixty-five years. His wife, Elizabeth 
Cromwell, died 2 June, 1831, aged seventy-six years. Their children were: 1. 
Elisha Baldwin, who settled in Dutchess County. 2. Daniel Baldwin, born 1777: 
died 24 January, 1842 ; was an extensive land-holder. He married, as above, 
Hannah, daughter of Captain Henry Strang, of Yorktown, by his wife Margaret 
Hazzard, born 13 March, 1778, died 13 March, 1865, and had Elisha Baldwin. 
Hazzard Baldwin, Henry S. Baldwin, Elizabeth Baldwin, and Gertrude Baldwin. 
3. James Baldwin. 4. Mary Baldwin, married James Sutton. 5. Elizabeth Bald- 
win, married James Youngs. 6. Zilpah Baldwin, married, as above, Solomon 
of Solomon Wright, by his wife Mary Hawxhurst, and had Baldwin Wright. 
Elizabeth Wright, Mary Emeline Wright, Elisha Cromwell Wright, and William 
Wright. 7. Letitia Baldwin, married Martin Shear. He died 12 November. 1863, 
aged eighty-two years ; she died 3 April, 1854, aged sixty-three years, and both are 
buried in the graveyard of Lake Mahopac Methodist Church. 

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January 28. — Rode to Knapp's [and] Miller's in sleigh ; little snow 
last night, rain in evening. 

January 29. — Rainy day ; cold storm ; in study &c. 

January 30. — Pleasant day; at school house; in study; boys 
thrashing corn. 

January 3 1 . — In study ; cool, dry day ; preached sacramental lec- 
ture at meeting house ; Mr. Lent paid me £1-10-6. 

February 1. — Preached at Yorktown, Hebrews ii. 11 ; Isaiah lxvi. 
2-3 ; administered the Sacrament. 

February 2-3. — Rode to William Beadle's ; preached Ephesians vi. 
17; in the evening at Captain Obadiah Purdy's, Psalms ex. 

February 4. — Rode to Peekskill; married John Jacobs and Re- 
becca Ferris; rode to Collaburgh; married Abraham Dykman and 
Lotta Lent ; rode home ; some snow. 

February 5. — Moist, cloudy day; Chloe here. 

February 6. — At home. 

February 7. — In study ; rode to Abraham Smith's ; 307 preached in 
the evening. 

February 8. — Preached at Carmel, Ephesians i. 17; in the evening 
at Deacon Travis's, John xv. 8 ; snow in the evening. 

February 9. — Rode home; cool, cloudy day. 

February 10. — Rode to Mr. Whitney's; to Pell Sutton's, preached 
John i. 12; cold day; sleighing poor. 

'"Abraham Smith, of the present town of Putnam Valley, son of Abraham 
Smith, of the same town, who had removed thereto from Long Island about 1740, 
born 24 October, 1763, died 26 October, 1813, and was buried in the graveyard of 
the Red Mills Presbyterian Church. He was a justice for many years, as was 
also his son Abraham. He married Mary, daughter of Daniel Knapp, born 1764, 
died 1850, by whom he had: 1. Sarah Smith, born 1784, died 1851 ; married Samuel 
Myrick. 2. Prudence Smith, born 1786, died, unmarried, 1869. 3. Abraham Smith, 
born 24 October, 1788, died, unmarried, 23 April, 1854. 4. Phebe Smith, born 1791, 
died, unmarried, 1868. 5. Allen Blair Smith, born 1797, died 7 April, 1834. 6. 
Saxton Smith, born 2 October, 1802, died, unmarried, 1890; elected Assemblyman 
from Putnam County in 1837. and re-elected in 1839, 1843, and 1862, and State 
Senator in 1845, 1847, and 1863. 

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February 1 1 . — At home ; cold weather. 

February 12. — Rode to Daniel Beadle's; married D Travis 

and Katherine Carpenter. 

February 13. — Rode to Peekskill; George carried a load of oats, 
thirty-one bushels; snow storm in the evening; good sleighing. 

February 14. — Cold, but pleasant; in study. 

February 15. — Preached at Yorktown ; cold day. 

February 16. — George with corn to Peekskill. 

February 17. — George with rye to Mr. Owens's; rain in the after- 
noon. 

February 18. — Rainy day; snow gone so as to spoil sleighing. 

February 19. — Warm day; at home; in woods getting timber for 
laths. 

February 20. — Warm day ; rode to Esq r Lane's ; preached in the 
evening. 

February 21. — Rode home; cool and clear ; in study. 

February 22. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs xviii. 21 ; cool 
day, but pleasant. 

February 23. — At Judge Lee's; went into the woods. 

February 24. — At home ; wetish day ; James Carman came here. 

February 25. — Rode to Aaron Clemmons's; married Simeon 
Jacobs 307b and Polly Clemmons ; rode to Timothy Conkling's, 
preached 1 Peter ii. 14; rode to William Beadle's; 308 married Ithiel 
Purdy and Esther Beadle; very warm day and bad riding. 

M ' b Simeon or Simmons Jacobs, son of Samuel Jacobs, ofCortlandt, and brother 
of Margaret, who married, 14 January, 1801, John Lent, and of John Jacobs, who 
married, some twenty days later, Rebecca, daughter of Jonathan Ferris. He died 
11 March, 1872. Mary Clements, his wife, born 1780; died 11 April, 1872. Issue: 
1. Aaron Clements Jacobs, died 1856. 2. Thomas S. Jacobs, born 1810; died 18 
November, 1880. 3. James Hiram Jacobs. 4. Mary E. Jacobs, married William 
Wright, of Yorktown, and is still living. 

368 Mary Bedel, of Somers, in her will of 19 May, 1826, proved 1 1 December. 
1826, named daughter Esther Purdy and grandson William Hyatt, and constituted 
Isaac Bedel executor. 

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February 26. — Rode home ; very warm and muddy. 

February 27. — At home, warm. 

February 28. — In study &c. 

March 1. — Preached at Carmel, 1 Corinthians i. 25 ; in [the] even- 
ing at Esq r Crane's, 369 1 Peter ii. 4. 

March 2. — Rainy in forenoon ; preached at meeting house at Car- 
mel, 2 Peter iii. last ; rode home ; muddy riding. 

March 3. — At home; Clark came here ; warm and pleasant. 

March 4. — Pleasant day ; at home ; David Highat moved his 
family. 

March 5. — Rode to Stephentown; married Moses Travis and 
Dorothy Heusted ; muddy riding. 

March 6. — At home ; snowy day ; snow eight inches. 

March 7. — In study ; warm day. 

March 8. — Preached at Yorktown, John ix. 3 ; Lamentations iii. 
24 ; very soft snow and mud. 

March 9. — At Ferris's [and] Carman's ; paid Ferris for black- 
smith work. 

March 10. — Cloudy morning; warm. 



March 11 
March 1 2 

work. 

March 13 
March 14 
March 15 

thians iii. 18. 
March 16 
March 17 
March 18 
March 19 
March 20 



— Rode to Flewellen's; preached Ephesians vi. 1. 

— Very muddy; Maynard came here; Clark began to 

— At home; warm weather; at Kill; bought planks. 

— In study. 

— Preached [at] Yorktown, Galatians i. 4; 1 Corin- 

— Warm, clear day ; at home. 

— George carried oats to Kill ; got planks &c. 

— At home ; worked at the chambers ; rainy day. 

— Worked at chambers ; rainy day. 

— At home &c ; in study &c. 



360 John Crane, of Carmel, son of Zebulon Crane by his wife Mary Belden (see 
note 218). 

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March 21. — Rode to Carmel, preached 1 Peter ii. 1, 2. 3. 
March 22. — Preached Galatians iii. 13; administered the Sacra- 
ment ; preached in the afternoon, Isaiah lv. 6-7. 
March 23. — Cloudy weather; muddy riding. 
March 24. — At home. 
March 25. — Wetish, cloudy weather. 
March 26. — Snow all day, but melts off. 
March 2j. — Clear day: at Pell Sutton's; preached Job xxiii. 

3-4- 

March 28. — Pleasant day ; in study. 

March 29. — Preached at Yorktown ; wetish day ; few people. 
March 30. — At Kill ; bought lime &c. 

March 31. — George to Kill for lime; married Richard Lee 370 and 
Charlotte Miller. 



Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 

16; Psa 
Apri 
Apri 

preached 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 
Apri 



3 

4 

ms 

5 
7 

in 



— At home ; mason came here to work. 

— At home &c. 

—Ditto. 

— Rode to Sing-Sing; preached John iv. 24; Ephesians vi. 

xci. 1. 

— Rode home. 

— At home; town meeting; rode to Mr. Rhodes's, 

the evening, Romans i. — . 

— Attended Society meeting; rode home; rainy day. 

— At home &c. &c. ; cold ; Mrs. Constant sick. 
10. — Very cold and windy. 
1 1 . — Clear and cool ; in study. 
12. — Preached [at] Carmel. 
13. — Rode to Peekskill ; pleasant day. 
14. — At home, sowing wheat. 
15. — At home &c. ; warm weather; grass looks green. 



370 The son of Joseph Lee, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Curry 
(see note 137). Charlotte Miller was horn 1783; died 12 May, 1857. Issue: 
William Lee, born 1804: died 5 March. 1X44. 

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April 1 6. — Cloudy; rain in the evening. 

April 17. — Rode to Ebenezer Frost's; Benjamin Wright's [and] 



Pell Sutton's; preached Hebrews iv. 16. 



April 18 
April 19 
full meeting, 
April 20 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
April 
May 
May 



21 

25 
26 
27 
28 
29 

30 
1.— 



— In study ; dry weather. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Ephesians ii. 10; Acts xiii. 46; 

pleasant day ; rain in [the] evening. 

— Masons came to work at chambers ; cloudy day. 

— At home, cumbered with workmen &c. 

— In study &c. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Psalms xlv. 7-8; cxxxvi. 16. 

— Masons returned to work. 

— At home. 

— Carpenters finished and gone home. 

— At home ; [at] tending mason, &c. 

-At home &c. 

-Employed about home; the mason finished and gone 
home. 

May 3. — Preached at Carmel, Revelation iii. 12. 
May 4. — At home; cleaning house &c. 
May 5. — Rode to Peekskill. 
May 6. — At home ; painting. 
May 7. — Boys plowing for corn in west field. 
" May 8. — Rainy afternoon. 
May 9. — Cloudy, damp weather ; in study &c. 
May 10. — Preached at Yorktown, The Song of Solomon viii. 7; 
1 Corinthians xv. 5-6. 

May 11. — At home; preparing for Presbytery. 
May 12. — Presbytery met here. 
May 13. — Attended Presbytery &c. 

May 14. — Presbytery adjourned to Mr. Townley's in New York, 
[the] 22d of October next. 

May 15. — At home; unwell; growing season. 
May 16. — In study; Mr. McVeau called here. 

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May 17. — Preached at Yorktown, Matthew xxv. 7; in the after- 
noon rode to Widow Montross's, 371 preached funeral sermon; Gilbert 
Montross's wife dead. 372 

May 18. — At home; began to feel warm. 

May 19. — Rode to Monmouth Miller's, 373 preached at his wife's 
funeral. 

May 20. — Rode to Peekskill, to James Taylor's, reckoned with him. 

May 21. — Mr. Bradner and [Mr.] Jones here; married David 
Cresse and Lida Vail. 

May 22. — At home, reading &c, boys finished planting. 

May 23. — Washed sheep ; in study. 

May 24. — Preached at Carmel, Matthew xxv. 27; Ephesians iii. 
16; married John Travis and Elizabeth Cox. 

May 25. — At home, in study &c; George shearing sheep. 

May 26. — At Ingersoll's and Delancey's ; cool, windy clay. 

May 2j. — At home. 

May 28. — At Fowler's, Horton's and Captain Whitney's. 

May 29. — At home &c. 

May 30. — In study. 

May 31. — Preached at Yorktown, Proverbs xiv. 34; Hebrews 
viii. 11. 

June 1. — Preached at Peekskill. 

June 2. — At home. 

June 3. — At Strang's [and] Lee's, &c. 

1:71 David Montross, of Stephentown, died in 1807, aged eighty-three years, and 
was buried in the Presbyterian church-yard at Crompond. His will of 28 February, 

1806, divided his estate between sons Jacob, Nathaniel, Adam, Joseph, children of 
son John deceased, and daughters Sally, Polly, and Winifred. Of his children, 

Joseph, married Sarah Griffen, 19 February, 1787. Jacob, married Belden, 18 

November, 1794. Nathaniel, married Hester Swartwont, who died 11 March, 

1807, aged thirty-six years and ten months. Adam, married Catharine Besley, of 

New Rochelle. John, married Phebe , above, and died before 21 November. 

1800, when the settlement of his estate named children Gilbert, John, and Mary. 

372 She was Polly Craft, of North Castle, whom he had married 18 January, 1797. 

373 The son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Miller, of Cortlandt (see note 330). 

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June 4. — Library day. 

June 5. — At' home; warm, but windy. 

June 6. — In study &c, Mr. McVeau came here. 

June 7. — Preached at Stephentown, Hebrews iv. 16; Isaiah lxiii. 
1-2; married William Burgduff and Elizabeth Barton. 

June 8. — At home ; boys began to hoe, dry weather. 

June 9. — At home preparing for journey. 

June 10. — Set off for Waterbury; staid at Mr. Clark's [at] New- 
town. 

June 11. — Rode to Salem; warm day; very dry weather. 

June 12. — At Salem to see Mr. Chatterton. 

June 13. — Visiting &c. 

June 14. — Preached at Salem, Philippians i. 10; Hebrews ix. — . 

June 15. — At Mr. TerrilFs; some rain. 

June 16. — Set off for home; preached at Deacon Shaw's; some 
rain. 

June 17. — Rode home; family well. 

June 18. — At home, plenty of rain last night; growing season. 

June 19. — Began to mow clover. 

June 20. — Clear and growing season ; one silkworm began to 
wind; David Lewis set off for Salem; in study; may God give his 
blessing ! Married Billy Badeau and Sally Mead. 

June 21. — Preached at Yorktown, Deuteronomy xxx. 6; may a 
gracious God add his blessing ; married Robert Boil and Hannah Tidd. 

June 22. — Worms spinning fast &c. 

June 23. — Worked at silk worms ; set off to Carmel. 

June 24. — Attended Society meeting ; rode home; some rain. 

June 25. — Got in hay out of orchard. 

June 26. — Catechising at meeting house; worms nearly done 
winding. 

June 27. — Warm day ; in study. 

June 28. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah xlv. 1 ; Psalms cxix. 57. 

June 29. — Took down silk balls. 

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June 30. — At Peekskill ; bought gown [of] cloth ; at widow Oak- 
ley's, Lockwood's, &c. 

July 1. — Sally reeling silk. 

July 2. — Some rain ; reeling silk &c. ; worms hatching out into 
millers. 

July 3. — Showers that wet the ground so as to refresh much. 

July 4. — In study ; cool day. 

July 5. — Preached at Carmel, Philippians ii. 9; Lamentations iii. 
24; full meeting. 

July 6. — Mrs. Lewis here from Salem; girls reeling silk. 

July 7. — At home ; hot, dry weather ; cradling rye &c. 

July 8. — Cradling rye ; mowing &c. 

July 9. — Raking rye; mowing &c. 

July 10. — Harvesting rye &c. 

July 11, 
chising. 



July 12 
1 ; hot day. 

July 13 

July 14 
July 16 
July 17 
July 18 
July 19 
July 20 
July 21 
July 22 
July 23 
July 24 
J% 25 
July 26 
July 27 
of barn. 



— Worked at harvesting [and] hay, rode to Carmel, cate- 
— Rode to Dr. Baly's; preached Psalms xci. 1 ; Isaiah lxv. 



— Carting hay ; some rain. 

— Sowing buckwheat ; very dry. 

— Finished buckwheat; some rain. 

— Plowing corn. 

— In study ; boys carting rye. 

— Preached at Yorktown, Philippians ii. 7; Acts xii. 31. 

— Some rain last night ; finished hoeing. 

— At Kill ; sent for shingles. 

— At home &c. 

— Worked hard at hay and oats &c. 

— At home. 

— In study ; dry, dry weather. 

— Preached at Carmel, Joel, last chapter. 

— Hot, dry weather ; grass very dry ; George mowing west 



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July 28. — Raking hay. 

July 29. — Hot weather. 

July 30. — At home. 

August 1. — In study; hard showers; Mr. Sumers came here to 
board ; growing season. 

August 2. — Preached at Yorktown, Psalms vi. 2 ; lxxxix. 6 ; full 
meeting ; very cool. 

August 3. — Cool morning; some frost in some places; people here 
mowing east meadow. 

August 4. — Dry weather; worked at hay. 

August 5. — Wetish day; forenoon; married Benjamin Conkling 
and Mary Lane. 374 

August 6. — Worked at hay. 

August 7. — Finished haying. 

August 8. — In study; preached in the afternoon sacramental lec- 
ture; church meeting. 375 

August 9. — Preached at Yorktown, Isaiah lix. 16-17; Romans iii. 
21-22. [The] Sacrament administered to-day. 

August 10. — Hot, growing season. 

August 11. — At Kill; George brought up shingles. 

August 12. — Some rain; growing season ; David Pullen shingling 
the barn. 

August 13. — At home forenoon; at David Hyatt's. 

August 14. — David Pullen gone. 

August 15. — In study &c. ; Joseph from York. 

374 Daughter of Hyatt and Catharine Lane, of Yorktown (see note 304). 

175 The record of this meeting reads : " The Church met, etc. A sermon was 
preached, etc. The Church conversed on the question : Ought a Church to support 
a member of another Church, who may be in the vicinity and become needy? 
Answered in the negative. Agreed to make a collection for the relief of Eleanor 
Marvin, who resides in this neighborhood and is a member of the Church in 
Blooming^rove." 



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Hppenbix 



a Xist of flllamagee perforin ty the IReverenfc 
Silas Constant 1 



1783 

Francis Gale and Elizabeth Lewis 22 July 

David Prindle and Susanna Lamoreux 3 September 

1784 

Jesse Marvin [and Hannah Curtis] 22 January 

Eugene McFarland and Phebe Rose 4 February 

William Garrison and Katharine Miller 5 February 

Owens and Mary Clark 9 March 



1 This list is compiled from four sources : First, the marriages noted in the 
Journal ; second, a list at the close of the Journal ; third, the " Record of Mar- 
riages by Silas Constant, Minister of the Gospel, Yorktown," as written by himself 
in the Hanover or Yorktown church-book; fourth, a list of marriage fees also 
found in the Journal. Most of the marriages are noted in each of the four lists. 

24 369 



Hppenfcti 

William Derm and Lucy Knap 20 April 

John Hudson and Mary Rumsey 2 May 

Josiah Seeley and 11 May 

John Budd and Mary Hawkins 23 May 

David Curtis and Mary Coleman 7-8-9 July 

Jabez Henmon and 13 July 

Benjamin Eaton and Elizabeth Nelson 30 July 

Peter White and Sarah Smith 30 July 

Benjamin McManners and Rachel Smith 6 August 

James Rumsey and Martha Horton 13 September 

Jeremiah Stiver and Sarah Thorp 11 October 

William Shepherd and Abigail 10 December 

Henry Youngs and Elizabeth Rumsey 16 December 



1785 

John King and Margaret Grey 5 January 

Peter Miller and N. Miller 8 February 

John Floyd and Sarah Woodhull 8 February 

John Smith and Katy Miller 27 February 

Joseph Wiron [or Wixon] and Sarah Linch 21 March 

Moses Rumsey and Lydia Miller 28 April 

James Boyd and 16 May 

William Bradner and 17 May 

James Prendle and Phebe Lamoreux 19 May 

Joseph Sheldon and Lydia Compton 11 August 

Solomon Smith and 23 August 

William Miller and Mary Tirrel 24 August 

Major Graye and Polly Brewster 1 November 

William Jones and Rachel Tippet." 

Elisha Travis." 

Benjamin and Hannah Hate." 

Israel Sherwood 3 and Lock wood 22 December 

Stephen Horton and Elizabeth Haviland 4 25 December 



" No dates are given with these marriages, and they appear only in the Journal 
list. All marriages performed before 3 November, 1785, were in Orange County. 

'This name is rendered Sherrod in the church-book. 

4 The Journal and church-book give this as How, evidently an abbreviation, 
for it is clearly written out in list at end of Journal. 

370 



Xtet of marriages 



1786 

Jonathan 5 Travis and Elizabeth Carman 1 February 

Joshua Putney ° and Mary Smith 2 February 

Stephens and Field 7 2 February 

Coles Golden and Eunice Barrit 15 February 

Hait and Higby 22 February 

Samuel Titus and E Smith 5 March 

Gammet 8 and 22 March 

James Jones 9 and Phebe Jones 29 March 

Gilbert Oakley 10 and [Martha] Bashford. 

Joseph Paul and Sarah Earle " 13 April ? 

Jacob Covert and Susanna Travis. 10 

John and Betsey Barker. 10 

Charles Heroy and Ally. 10 

Putney and Smith. 10 

John Field and Frances Perry 11 June 

Martin Post and W. (?) Lent.' 

John Hyatt and Kate Clark 3 July 

Thomas Clark and Betsy Lent Vi 3 July 

James Requa and Mary demons [or Clements] 9 July 

Cronk and Drake. 10 

Nathan Stuart and Travis. 13 

Isaac Lent and Brown. 10 

Jacob Denyke and 23 August 

Travis and Abigail Owen 31 August 

Isaac Smith and Sarah Beadle 4 September 

Wright and 6 September 

Ingersoll and 21 September 

D Entered in the Journal and church-book as John Travis, and without the name 
of the second party. 

The Journal list gives Samuel, and not Joshua, Putney. 

7 Journal list. 

8 This marriage is found in the Journal only. 

9 See Journal, note I37 b . 

10 Entered only in Journal list and undated. 

11 The entry of this marriage is found only in the Journal list, and is undated. 
It, however, probably took place on 13 April, as Mr Constant was at Mr Earle's on 
that day, and noted in his Journal of that date that he " married a couple this day." 

12 See Journal, note I40 c . 

13 The will of Joshua Travis, of Yorktown, dated 2 August, 1804, named 
daughter Marila Stuart. 

371 



Hppentoi 



David Dickerson and Suke Totten 9 October 

Samuel Adams and Sarah Petton [or Pelton] 11 November 

Joshua Drake and Nancy Nelson 26 November 

James Wright 1+ and 17 December 

Daniel Hate and Sarah Barrett 18 December 

1787 

Nehemiah Tompkins and [Margaret] Armstrong 10 January 

Ashel Gillet and 24 January 

Evan Jones and Ame Simmons 25 January 

Enoch Knapp and [Esther] Wright u 25 January 

Amos Brown and Simmons 6 February 

Jesse Marshall and Sarah Brown 15 February 

Abner Cutler and Susan Miller 19 February 

Joseph Montross and [Sarah] 16 Griffin. 

Silas Smith and Ruth Sands 7 March 

Seth Whitney and Elizabeth Wright 21 March 

Henry Lounsbury and Elizabeth Wedan 21 March 

Halstead and Underhill 5 April 

Harmanus Lent and Mary Lent 8 April 

William Miles and Sarah Kerr. 

Francis Conkling and Esther Brown 20 May 

John Haight 1T and Phebe Hadden. 

14 James and Esther Wright were children of Captain Daniel Wright, of the 
Manor of Cortlandt, by his wife Rachel, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Lane) 
Horton. His will of 8 February, 1777, proved 3 March, 1781, named wife Rachel 
and children Daniel, who was dead at the probate of the will, Macajah, James, 
Sarah, Hannah, Esther, Fanny, Milicent, Rachel, and Phebe. Captain Wright's 
lands are mentioned as bounding those of Stephen Hopkins, of Crum Elbow, 29 
June, 1749 (Dutchess County Deeds, iv. 332), and he and his brother Jacob Wright 
purchased lands in Cortlandt Manor 22 May, 1762. Daniel, the eldest son of 
Captain Daniel Wright, left but one child, Gloriana, who died unmarried. Macajah, 
the second son, was of Stephentown, where he made his will 9 October, 1798, and 
gave his estate to wife Ruth for the benefit of his children. Milicent married, 30 
April, 1788, David Beadle. Phebe married. 17 January, 1792. Gilbert Haviland. 

15 See Journal, note 148". 

16 See Journal, note 298. 

17 The list of marriage fees gives John Highby and Phebe Hadden. And, a-^ 
confirmatory of this, Abigail Lane, widow, of Yorktown, by will of 19 October. 
1837, makes bequest to Phebe. wife of John Highby, and to the daughters of Moses 
Hadden, deceased. 

372 « 



Xtst of flRarriaaee 



John Hitt and Deborah Purdy. 

Peter Paulding and Jane Fowler 19 August 

Peter Tompkins and Peggy Haviland 19 August 

Gabriel Knapp and Phebe Vail 22 August 

William Halstead and Sarah Charlote 5 September 

John Sands and Anne Palmer 28 September 

William Beadle and Sarah 18 Horton 7 November 

Thomas Baker and Eleanor Secord 8 November 

Abraham Depew and Katy Cronk 19 13 November 

George Brinkerhoff and Susanna Brown 22 November 

John Barreger and Elizabeth Cronk 22 November 

Nathan Turner and Sophia Sutton 27 November 

Joseph Bell and Mary Steinbeck 12 December 



1788 

Elisha Lane and Nancy Dillingham 6 February 

Samuel Baker and Nancy Highat 21 February 

Peter Banker and Martha Maby 20 [or Mosley] 28 February 

James Griffin and Sarah Piatt 27 March 

David Beadle and Milicent Wright 30 April 

Amaziah Duzenbury and Rachel Swam 27 May 

Jacob Osborn and Katharine 29 June 

Doctor 21 Drake and Jane Drake 16 July 

Henry Palmer and Mary Wright 14 August 

and Mary Palmer 11 September 

Samuel Davis and Aner Tidd. 

John Rockwell and Mary Knap 2 November 

Gilbert Highat and Peggy Lorance. 

Abraham Beadle and Hannah Vail 4 November 

Gilbert Hadden and Deborah Barton 10 November 

Abraham Conkling and Eleanor Little 22 December 

Jeremiah Drake and Phebe Renolds.. 

Thomas Golden and Sarah Knap 28 December 

Henry Rich and Cornelia Miller 29 December 

18 The Journal list and list of fees give the bride's Christian name as Elizabeth 
and Betsy Horton. 

19 See Journal, note 168. 

ao The church list gives Mosley, the other lists Maby. 

11 The entry in Journal list and among the marriage fees is Nathaniel Drake. 

373 



appentoi 

1789 

James Badeau and Unice Derbyshire 7 January 

Henry King and Sarah " Paulding 12 January 

John Rider and Mary McFarden 28 January 

Cornelius Barrager and Rebecca Chapman 11 March 

Ananias Travis and Jemima Walters. 
David Knap and Abigail Lee. 

Joel Frost and Martha Wright 21 May 

James Montross and Katharine Lent 7 July 

William Badeau and Mary Cornelius 15 July 

Moses McDonald and Mary Wisenfelts 2U 18 September 

William Masters and Sarah Lyon 18 September 

Jacob Forman and Susanna Lent 30 September 

Stephen Weeks and Nancy Depevv 5 October 

Daniel Beadle and Nancy Povvel 15 October 

William Lent and Anna Dyckman 20 October 

William 24 Bell and Elizabeth Likely 27 October 

Daniel Strang and Caziah Chapman 2j October 

Peter Baker and Elizabeth Dillingham 4 November 

Gilbert Secord and Phebe Knap 11 November 

John Connerly and Jerusha Barrager 24 November 

Joseph Ketcham and Rachel Matthews 3 December 

John Deveaux and Sarah Turner 3 December 

John Jemberson? and Sarah Smith. 

Ira Gale and Elizabeth Armstrong 24 December 

1790 

Caleb Lane and Susanna Hilliker 20 January 

Samuel Beadle and Mary Whitney 4 February 

Caleb Mershel and Alche Pinckney "'"' 2 March 

John Warfield and Margaret Waldron 16 March 

Gideon Stitson and Mary Little 17 March 

Selah Mead and Griffin 19 March 

Peter Kirkham and Tamer Highat 16 April 

" The Journal list makes the Christian name of the bride Susanna, and not 
Sarah. 

~' :; Mary, wife of Moses McDonald and daughter of Colonel Frederick Weissen- 
felts, died 8 June, 1853, aged eighty-five years, two months and six days, and was 
buried in the Shrub Oak graveyard, near Lake Mohegan. 

24 Should be Frederick Bell, see Journal, note 148. 

88 See Journal, note 216. 

374 



Xi0t of (marriages 



Benjamin Wright and Elizabeth Beadle 28 April 

George Ferris and Jemima Travis 28 April 

'Jonathan Haight and Sarah Sutton 24 June 

George Good and Sine. 

Elijah Morgan and Nancy Lee 8 July 

James Heroy and Magdalena Badeau 30 July 

Lemuel Hopkins and Unice Golden 30 July 

Major Marshall and Mille Gerow 22 September 

John Highat and Lavina Hunt n October 

John Waterman and Jane Cronk 20 October 

James Weeks and Phebe Mekeel 3 November 

John Paulding and Esther Ward 18 November 

Jacob Smith and Sarah Jump 25 November 

Thomas Hammond and Abigail Farington 16 December 

a. Isaac Herd and Hannah Hait 30 December 

1791 

Jesse Travis and Abigail Smith 16 January 

Daniel Knap and Elizabeth Carman 17 January 

Richard Weeks and Nancy Swam 19 January 

Matthew McCabe and Drusilla Dusenbury 9 February 

Abraham Flagler and Unice Jones 27 February 

Stephen Mills and Sarah Travis 29 June 

Abijah Corbin and Tamar Hughson 30 June 

Thomas Cox and Nellie Mefore 3 July 

John Fish and Abigail Bashford 5 July 

Jacob Higby and Mary Lockwood 26 5 July 

Daniel Thorn and Hannah Taylor 10 July 

Elias Cornelius and Rachel Stocker 12 July- 
Jonathan Travis and Debox-ah Smith 29 July 

Charles Dusenbury and Sarah Conkling 6 August 

Edmond Morgan and Phebe Thorn 6 October 

Jacob Rich and Jemima Lyon 23 October 

Gilbert Travis and Rachel Lent 1 November 

Benjamin Dickerson and Polly Drake 3 November 

Robert Gifford and Leah Lent 5 December 

1792 

Gilbert Haviland and Phebe Wright 17 January 

Stephen Curry and Anna Vail 19 January 

" 6 See Journal, note 238. 
375 



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Elisha Bloomer and Phany Travis 2 February 

Coles Hilliker and Hannah Griffin 8 February 

Joseph Travis and Elizabeth Lyon 13 February 

Justice Thorn and Mary Conklin 13 February 

James Hyatt and Judy Levinus 22 February 

John Bishop and Mary Dickeson 25 February 

Jeremiah Maybe and Mary Wright 15 March 

Joshua Strang and Rebecca Sherwood 22 March 

Denton Duzenbury and Sarah Birdsall 4 April 

Joseph Tanner and Sabrana Persall 5 April 

Joshua Rich and Elizabeth Mead. 

Augustus Taylor and Elizabeth Lent 11 April 

James Heusted and Lucy n April 

Daniel Owens and Polly Haviland 23 April 

Evans and Secord 26 April 

David Hyatt and Chloe Constant 17 May 

St. John Constant and Jane Hyatt 2 July 

Daniel Knap and Jane Lee 15 August 

Gilbert Hart and Sarah Woolsey 16 August 

Thomas Wildey and Nancy Smith 23 August 

Seth Whitney and Elizabeth Strang 16 November 

John Lounsbury and Tamer Vail 21 November 

Stephen Crane and Sarah Hadden 21 November 

Drake Conklin and Esther Knapp 13 December 

Henry Banker and Anna Maybe 20 December 

John Brown and Rachel Travis 23 December 

1793 

Edmond Perry and Esther Travis 2 January 

William Lewis and Mary Miller 10 January 

Gilbert Bishop and Hannah Carman 23 January 

John Hill and Phebe Smith 23 January 

Daniel Jones and Priscilla Merritt 14 February 

Mical Vandervort and Rebecca Whiting 27 February 

Andrew Miller and Hannah Chatterton 2 March 

Smith Lane and Jemima Craft 7 March 

Samuel Piatt and Patty Sands 7 March 

Edward Sutton and Hannah Carman 21 March 

John Conklin and Jane Tompkins n April 

Absalom Travis and Rachel Doolittle 14 April 

James Secor and Deborah Underhill 7 May 

Benjamin Devoo and Letitia Holmes 6 June 

376 



Xist of flDarriaaes 



John Lent and Elizabeth Westcoat 16 July 

Robert Weeks and Hannah Crosby 3 October 

Isaac Montross and Esther Underwood 6 October 

David Dingee and Susanna Golding 23 October 

James Hait and Elizabeth Vail 20 November 

Benjamin Beyea and Unice Derby 28 November 

Gilbert Travis, Junr., and Sarah Lent 28 November 

James Lent and Mary Archer 17 December 

Osias Osborn and Sarah Hait 28 December 

Francis Colgrove and Phebe Lee 31 December 

1794 

Henry Hilliker and Nancy Ingersoll 8 January 

Benjamin Crosby and Phebe Lyon 8 January 

John Conklin and Anna Hadden 11 January 

Samuel Hart and Phebe Lamoreux 22 January 

Griffin Budd and Katherine Sutton 23 January 

Robert Lane and Ame Parent 25 January 

John Lent and Margaret Devuggin 19 February 

Isaac Vail and Carpenter 5 March 

James Frost and Nancy Perry 5 April 

Monmouth Hart and Elizabeth Ingersoll 11 May 

Gilbert Lent and Betsy Lamoreux 19 May 

Robert Lounsbury and Rachel Lent 3 August 

David Hilliker and Mary Brown 4 August 

Caleb Ward and Susanna Jones 6 September 

Jacob Lent and Mary Haws 15 September 

Martin Post and Elizabeth Lent 16 September 

Abraham Lent and Sarah Dean 7 October 

Robert Wright and [Mrs.] Elizabeth Lee 23 October 

Jacob Lent and Sarah Eliot 10 November 

Jacob Montross and Belden 18 November 

James Lent and Katharine Wood 18 November 

Mathias Valentine and Katharine Dyckman 2 December 

Asel Smith and Anna Loder 7 December 

Peter Badeau and Elizabeth Secord 15 December 

Moses Barker and Mary Sine. 

1795 

Garret Brown and Mary Hunter 27 January 

Jacob Riggs and Patty Lent 28 January 

Richard Barker and Peggy McFarden 11 February 

377 



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Simeon Barber and Susanna Carman 25 March 

James Secord and Phebe Purdy 15 April 

Nehemiah Oakley and Sarah Bashford 21 May 

Daniel Banker and Mary Burgdough 3 July 

Jacob Ransom and Elizabeth Budd 19 July 

Joseph Paulding and Sarah Seely 20 July 

Moses Barton and Mabel Marshall 26 July- 
Davis Travis and Phebe Highat 21 October 

Ebenezer Strang and Jemima Conklin 11 November 

[Gilbert] 2T Tomkins and Phebe Griffin 2 December 

David Austin and Sarah Travis 24 December 

Zopher Jones and Polly Brown 24 December 

Samuel Strang and Katy White 31 December 

1796 

Henry Lounsbury and Phebe Ferris 27 January 

Edmond Vermilier and Joanna Wright 17 February 

John Montross and Rachel Cronk 22 February 

Isaac Odel and Betsy Clark 29 February 

Daniel Strang and Sarah Rider 13 April 

Thomas Burns and Sarah Moser 25 June 

David Crandle and Mary Ellis 14 July 

David Birdsall and Mary Carpenter 3 August 

Levi Carpenter and Phana Sutton 27 August 

John Oakley and widow Sarah Depue 3 October 

John Haviland and Anna Frost 27 October 

Prior Frost and [Abigail] Loder 28 31 October 

Tobias Lent and Sarah Montross. 

Isaac Cane and Leah Lent 5 November 

John Miller and Hepsibeth Merritt 15 December 

Mical Purdy and Hester Bailey 17 December 

Joseph Lee and Jenne Conklin 31 December 

1797 

John Travis and Phebe Whitney 4 January 

Aaron Gazely and Abigail Sutton u January 

James Strang and Peggy Hall. 

Gilbert Montross and Polly Craft 18 January 

Haws and Lent 12 March 

"'See Journal, note 298. ""See Journal, note 312. 

378 



Xist of flUarnages 



Van Wyck and Susanna Hait 20 April 

John Townley and Rachel Williams 7 May 

James Eliot and Betsy Valentine 3 July 

Jacob Lent and Hannah Woodhull 13 July 

Cornelius Brown and Betsy Osborn 19 August 

Samuel Saterly and Peggy Smith 25 October 

Isaac 29 Graham, Esq., and Peggy Green 2 November 

Nathaniel Stanley and Betsy Curry 11 November 

John Maybe and Betsy Avery 23 November 

Timothy Conklin and Hannah Lee 4 December 

1798 

Stephen Forman and Eleanor King 15 January 

John McCoy and Anna Oakley 23 January 

Thomas Brown and Nancy Conklin 27 January 

Peter Van Vorhees and Eleanor Potts 29 January 

Andrew Purdy and Hester Miller 15 February 

James Parrot and Polly Ward 8 March 

John C. Vought and Mary Highat 14 April 

Benjamin Pullen and Lydia Weeks 26 May 

Daniel Jewel and Lydia Church 10 June 

William Odell and Betsy Cronk 6 July 

Post and Lottie Lent 9 July 

Conklin and Katy McCoy 4 October 

Abraham Lent and Kate Bawl [possibly Baldwin] December 

Joshua Nelson and Emelia Spock 12 December 

Nathaniel Hyatt and Mary Lee 20 December 

Banker and Phebe Sherwood 23 December 

Joshua Stivers and Rebecca Gale 27 December 

Samuel Baker and Ann Marshall. 

1799 

Enos Wright and Miriam Woolsey 15 January 

Isaac Thomas and Elizabeth Lillie 3 February 

Henry Lent and Patty Odel 4 February 

Simmons and Polly Burgdough 11 February 

Thomas Barns and Susanna McFarden 23 March 

Joshua Travis and Sarah Hazel 19 May 

Ebenezer Osborn and Hannah Bedle 25 August 

John Boyd and Lucy Johnson 31 August 

29 The fee list gives Robert instead of Isaac Graham. 
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Wright Thorn and Polly Carman 3 October 

William Fowler and Elizabeth Hait [or Hart] 10 October 

Stephen Spock and Elizabeth Romer 6 November 

Caleb Drake and Elizabeth Cox 5 December 

Leonard Decline and Euphemia Paulding 7 December 

Simon Wright and Mary Fowler 31 December 

James Leverich and Sarah Hatfield 31 December 



1800 

Amos Whitney and Rosetta Lewis 1 January 

Jonathan 30 Ferris and Jane Owens 13 February 

John Odel and Elizabeth Nelson 27 March 

Daniel Meguire and Martha Hait 2 April 

Ebenezer White and Ame Green 8 April 

Stephen Baxter and Polly Bissell 20 April 

Daniel Teller and Zilpha Smith 24 August 

James Brown and Lettice Clapp. 

Gerard Smith and Hannah Miller 6 September 

John Pullen and Sarah Williams 7 September 

H. Brady and Peggy Lent 9 October 

Van Nosdall and Margaret Johnson 14 October 

Abraham Purdy and Hannah Fowler 15 October 

Dickerson and Sarah Hallock 17 October 

John Christian Vought and Mary Sutton 20 November 



1801 

Daniel Baldwin and Hannah Strang 8 January 

John Lent and Peggy Jacobs 14 January 

Solomon Wright and Zilpha Baldwin 18 January 

John Roke and Susanna Hart 21 January 

John Jacobs and Rebecca Ferris 4 February 

Abraham Dyckman and Lotta Lent 4 February 

D. Travis and Katharine Carpenter 12 February 

Simeon Jacobs and Polly Clements 25 February 

Ithiel Purdy and Esther Beadle 25 February 

Moses Travis and Dorothy Heusted 5 March 

Richard Lee and Charlotte Miller 31 March 

David Cresse and Lidda Vail 21 May 

1,0 Only the church-book gives Jonathan Ferris. 
380 



Xist of flQarriages 



John Travis and Elizabeth Cox 24 May 

William Burgdough and Elizabeth Barton 7 June 

William Badeau and Sarah Mead 20 June 

Robert Boil and Hannah Tidd 21 June 

Benjamin Conklin and Mary Lane 5 August 

Walter Gruion and Sarah Merrick 18 September 

Isaiah Parent and Tamer Lockwood 11 October 

Daniel Knap and Jane Strang 15 October 

1802 

John Pine and Anna Burgdough. 

Secor and Katharine Strang 10 February 

Daniel Cronk and Sarah Secor 16 April 

Benjamin Knap and Frost. 

A. Reed and Matilda Crane 22 September 

1803 

Caleb Barton and Sally Carle 1 January 

Solomon Wright and 2 March 

Jacob Lent and Matilda Tuttle. 

Stephen Barker and Katy Johnson 16 March 

Sackett and Nancy Jones 4 June 

Hiram Miller and Peggy Tomkins 4 August 

Fowler and Betsy Travis 7 September 

James Hart and Elizabeth Roake 18 September 

Stephen Green and Susanna Bailey 20 September 

Robert Crumbie and Phebe Drake 22 October 

Lincy and Sherwood. 

Ebenezer Purdy and Betsy Baker 10 November 

1804 

Samuel Nelson and Nancy Green 2 January 

Thomas Barton and Sarah Carman 4 January 

William Pullen and Sarah Whitney 7 January 

Samuel Jacobs and Susanna Miller 14 January 

Daniel Requa and Phebe Lee 18 January 

Thomas Tompkins and Katy Knapp 5 February 

Samuel Pugsley and Delila Williams 18 February 

Jeremiah Maybe and Esther Hadden 28 February 

David Pullen and Sarah Lee 7 March 

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Joseph Fisher and Sarah Sheffield 2 April 

Crumpton and Abigail Golden 4 April 

Isaac Barton and Abba C. Voack 23 April 

John Cooper and Betsy Haws 20 May 

Reuben Ward and Sarah Curry 15 August 

Charles Woolsencroft and Sarah Garrison 22 August 

Valentine and Nancy Depew. 

Elijah Fowler and Susanna Barret. 
Merritt and Lydia Waters. 



1805 

Thomas Nicholson and Sarah Carman 14 January 

Haws and Jacobs. 

David Lent and Haws. 

Henry White and Sarah Constant 20 March 

James Tompkins and Betsy Travis 15 September 

Nathan Duzenbury and Nancy Paulding. 
Charles Duzenbury and Betsy Hadden. 

Obadiah Sands and Elizabeth Tidd 16 December 

John Crawford and Polly Gale. 

Bates and Hunt. 

Joseph Purdy and Susanna Bugsbee. 
James Post and Mary Denyke. 



1806 

David Vosse and Nancy Hieman 29 January 

George Ayres and Peggy Welsh 30 January 

John Goetchius and Jane Sutherlin 20 February 

Ely Travis and Patty Lent. 

David Mead and Chloe Barnum 16 April 

James Owens and Sarah Horton 29 May 

Samuel Jones and Clark 30 June 

Edward Knokes and Betsy Green 30 June 

William Birdsall and Nancy Haws. 

James Malcolm and Hester Titter 20 September 

Cornelius Ingersoll and Hannah Roake 8 November 

Samuel Garrison and Sarah Forman 26 November 

Gilbert Brown and Hannah Osborne 4 December 

Joseph Loder and Hannah Tomkins 4 December 

382 



Xist of flQarriages 



1807 

Jeremiah Fox 31 and Sarah Conklin 5 March 

James Frost and Abigail Sutton 12 March 

Leonard Van[d]uzen and Phebe Field 1 July 

John Ferguson and Jane Whitney 7 July 

Nathaniel Purdy and Anna 32 Lockwood 28 October 

James Wright and Sarah Hull 29 October 

Morris Hadden and Sarah Nelson 3 November 

Robert Travis and Katherine Wiley 18 December 

Robert McCuen and Elizabeth Fowler 26 December 

1808 

Elias Purdy and Katherine Tompkins 14 February 

Wessels and Lent 2 March 

Nathaniel Bishop and Polly Jenkins. 

James Valentine and Phebe Rhodes 26 March 

James Sherwood and Nancy Curry. 

Rutkill and Elizabeth Purdy 29 March 

Smith and Stoaks. 

Fowler and Clements. 

Jesse Armstrong and Sylva Lewis 8 October 

Daniel Ward and Raner Outhouse. 
John Hyatt and McDonald. 

1809 

John Sutton 33 and Betsy Archer 17 June 

John Powell and Betsy Bird 2 September 

1810 

Underhill and Mary Purdy 2 January 

William Edison and Polly Tomkins 22 July 

Henry Hutchens and Elizabeth Adams. 

Jeremiah Putney and Anna Beadle. 
John Lounsbury and Milicent Whitney. 

31 Jeremiah Fox died 30 September, 1847, aged seventy-nine years. His wife 
Sarah died 14 August, 1847, aged seventy-seven years. Both are buried at Shrub 
Oak, near Lake Mohegan. 

32 The Journal list gives Lydia as the Christian name of the bride. 

33 See Journal, note 309. 

383 



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Sellick and Zilpha Smith. 

Horton and Sarah Shamron. 

Samuel Hinard and Phebe Seamore [Seymore]. 
William Smith and Polly Gunung. 
Hezekiah Sharp and Cornelia Stuart. 

Wright and Polly Drake. 

Beeman and Sarah Drake. 

John Depuc and Deborah Jacobs. 
William Beadle and Katherine Montross. 

1813 

Bircham and Tisha Fowler. 

Seeley Tuttle and Phebe Travis. 
Joshua Lounsbury and [Lydia] Wardell. 

1815 

Samuel Smith and Lydia Serrine. 

Daniel Lounsbury and Polly Hyatt. 

Barney [Barnardus] Montross and Sarah Whitney. 

Turner and Sarah Lent. 

William Hyatt and Hannah Hatfield. 
Joseph White and Lavina Wright. 
Jacob Bouton and Patty Fowler. 
Jacob Wiley and Polly Dillingham. 

1819 

Ezra Miller and Sarah Vandervelt November 

1820 
Rich Egleston and Tamar Conklin. 

1821 

Isaac Cox and Sarah Hyatt. 

Thomas Wildey and Phebe Whitney.' 4 

Robert Knapp and Jane Conklin. 

Jt One of the sons of Thomas Wildey. by his wife Nancy Smith (see Journal, 
note 253). He died 27 November, 1844, aged forty-seven years, nine months, and 
twenty days. His wife, Phebe Whitney, died 11 May, 1873, aged seventy-six years, 
one month, and seventeen days. Both are buried at Shrub Oak. 

384 



Xtet of (marriages 



Jonathan Darrow and Deborah Oakley. 

William Belcher and Emeline Strang 23 February 

Benjamin Benson and Mary Ferris 7 April 

John Conklin and Deborah Beadle 18 April 

William Covert and Maria Odell 17 June 

James Sherwood and Sarah Owens • • • • 7 July 

Joshua King and Martha Teller 20 July 

Henry Leverich and Susanna Lane 8 August 

Jarvis Duzenbury and Elizabeth Tomkins 22 August 

William Lane and Adaline Hyatt 21 November 

Joel Horton and Harriet Montross 12 December 

Charles Dillingham and Margaret Smith 19 December 

1822 

John McClennon and Caroline Everson 16 January 

James Hyatt and Sarah Ward 16 January 

John Miller and Phebe Mix 7 February 

Nathaniel Hyatt and Julia Ann Wiley 6 November 

Bradley Banks and Emeline Van Cortlandt 20 November 

James Lounsberry and Julia Ann Teller 25 December 

1823 

Horton and Escute [or Sicote]. 

1824 

James Nelson and Milicent Hyatt 18 February 

John Conklin and Julia Ann Carpenter 27 May 

Joseph Lee and Sarah Horton [10 July] 

John Bugsbee and Phebe Post 19 September 

Morgan and Anna 25 September 

Peter and Betsy 9 October 

George and Katy 9 October 

William Bartine and Emolette Miller. 



25 385 



IRecorfc of Ulames of Cbilfcren Bapti3efc in tbe Cbnrcb 
at Borfctown t>^ IReverenfc Silas Constant 



Elizabeth Ingersoll. 
Sarah Ingersoll. 
Cornelius Ingersoll. 
William Pullen. 
Benjamin Pullen. 
David Pullen. 
George Pullen. 
Anna Pullen. 
Joseph Carman. 
Philip Lee. 
Phebe Lee. 
Ithiel Purdy. 
Abraham Purdy. 
Elizabeth Purdy. 
Smith Purdy. 
Joseph Purdy. 
Nathaniel Purdy. 
Peggy Purdy. 
Milicent Purdy. 
Martha Strang. 
Silas Sellick. 
Stephen Sellick. 
Timothy Sellick. 
Nathan Sellick. 
Gould John Sellick. 
Theodocius White. 
Martha Birdsall. 
Elizabeth Carman. 
Susanna Carman. 
Mary Carman. 
Sarah Carman. 
Phebe Carman. 
Tames Carman. 
Martha Carman. 
Gene Conklin. 



Timothy Conklin. 
Mary Smith. 
Ralph Smith. 
Daniel Knapp. 
Moses Knapp. 
Benjamin Knapp. 
Samuel Hart. 
David Hart. 
Jonathan Hart. 
Susanna Hart. 
Rebecca Lane. 
Subrana Lane. 
Henry Lane. 
Hannah Fowler. 
Mary Fowler. 
Elizabeth Fowler. 
Sarah Fowler. 
John Fowler. 
Samuel Bashford. 
Sarah Bashford. 
Solomon Bashford. 
Thomas Bashford. 
Mary Bashford. 
James Bashford. 
Solomon Owens. 
Israel Owens. 
Benjamin Owens. 
Mary Owens. 
Ebenezer White Riche. 
Damaris Oakley. 
Nathaniel McFajrden. 
Phebe Smith. 
John McFarden. 
Stephen McFarden. 
Sarah McFarden. 



386 



IRecorfc of Baptisms 



Aner McFarden. 

Mary Hyatt. 

James B. Hart. 

Abijah Horton. 

Joseph Horton. 

Katy Felts. 

James Felts. 

Patty Felts. 

Martha Carman. 

Nathaniel Carman. 

Gabriel Carman. 

Joshua Carman. 

Deborah Carman. 

James Lane. 

Archer Lane. 

Daniel Lane. 

St. John Lane. 

Nancy Lane. 

Lettice Lane. 

Mary Reed. 

Sarah Reed. 

Elizabeth Reed. 

Silas Austin. 

Sarah Austin. 
Mary Austin. 
Zephaniah Owens. 
Hugh Owens. 
Jane Owens. 
Jonathan Owens. 
James Owens. 
John Owens. 
Benjamin Derbyshire. 
Ephi Derbyshire. 
William Derbyshire. 
Charlotte Derbyshire. 
Deborah Carman. 
Charles Heroy. 
Parthiah Heroy. 
Solomon Heroy. 
Joseph Beadle. 
Mary Beadle. 
Knapp Beadle. 
James Beadle. 



387 



Jesse Horton. 

David Horton. 

Tamer Horton. 

Lee Horton. 

Israel Horton. 

Samuel Horton. 

Camack McCoy. 

Daniel McCoy. 

Hannah McCoy. 

James McCoy. 

Benjamin McCoy. 

Nancy Riche. 

Katy Derbyshire. 

David Holmes. 

Henry Hate. 

Samuel Hate. 

Susanna Hate. 

James Hate. 

John Haite. 

Nathaniel Conklin. 

Nancy Lee. 

John Carman. 

Elizabeth McFardeit. 
Ada Carman. 
David McCoy. 

Silas Fowler. 
Rachel Jones. 
James White. 
Jehial Lockwood. 
Sarah Lockwood. 
Mary Lockwood. 
Elizabeth Lockwood. 
Phebe Lockwood. 
Rebecca Lockwood. 
Peggy Lockwood. 
Austin Smith Lockwood. 
James Cox Garrison. 
Nancy Lee. 
Abijah Lee. 
Elizabeth Duzenbury. 
Joseph Carman. 
Jane Smith. 
John Carman. 



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Daniel Lee. 
Elizabeth Lee. 
Betsy Lee. 
Hannah Carman. 
Samuel Carman. 
Elizabeth Carman. 
Deborah Carman. 
James Conklin. 
Matilda Carman. 
Jesse Hubbell. 
Henry Hubbell. 
James Hubbell. 
Maria Hubbell. 
John Hubbell. 
Ferris Hubbell. 
Jane Hubbell. 
Hannah Hubbell. 
Daniel Hubbell. 
Lewis Whitney. 
Amy Whitney. 
Seth Whitney, Junr. 
Silas Whitney. 
David Whitney. 
Joseph Fowler. 
Sarah Osborn. 
James Osborn. 
Samuel Osborn. 
Tracy Osborn. 
David Osborn. 
Benjamin Osborn. 
Ozias Osborn. 
Ebenezer Osborn. 
Joseph Lane. 
Lewis Constant. 
Silas Steinbeck. 
David McCoy. 
Ada Carman. 
Israel Farington. 
Isiah Horton. 
Kate Strang. 
John Strang, Junr. 
Silvan us Strang. 
Hannah Strang. 



Elizabeth Strang. 
Jerusha Strang. 
Jane Conklin. 
Nancy Lee. 
Aaron Carman. 
Susanna Lane. 
Susan Constant. 
Leonard Jones. 
Nathaniel Constant. 
Sarah Lee. 
Thomas Miller. 
Maria Miller. 
Sally Miller. 
Hannah Wright. 
Nathaniel Wright. 
Nancy Wright. 
Betsy Wright. 
Polly Wright. 
Viny Wright. 
Joseph Constant. 
Forman Carman. 
Polly Bishop. 
Joshua Bishop. 
Theron Bishop. 
Gilbert Bishop. 
Milicent Hyatt. 
Silas Hyatt. 
Sarah Hyatt. 
Nathaniel Hyatt. 
Edward Hyatt. 
James Purdy. 
Elizabeth Purdy. 
David Purdy. 
Alvan Purdy. 
Eme Constant. 
Jane Constant. 
Adaline Hyatt. 
Nathaniel Ferris. 
Pheme Ferris. 
Landing Ferris. 
Monmouth Hart. 
Cornelius Hart. 
William Hart. 



388 



IRecort) of Baptisms 



Betsy Ann Hart. 

William Perry. 

David Perry. 

Benjamin Perry. 

James Teller. 

Joshua Teller. 

William Mix. 

Anna Mix. 

Walter Mix. 

Julian Teller. 

Moses Mix. 

Hannah Mix. 

Cornelius Mix. 

Isaac Hart. 

Phebe Hart. 

Abraham Requa. 

James Horton. 

Henry Horton. 

Phebe Horton. 

Nathaniel Horton. 

Ebenezer Horton. 

Mary Ann Horton. 

Margaret Horton. 
Martha Horton. 
Jane Miller. 
Edward Hyatt Perry. 
John Lang. 
Nancy Lang. 
John Jones. 
Sarah Jones. 
Joel Wright. 
Milicent Wright. 
Ebenezer Wright. 
Philo Wright. 
Emelia Wright. 
David Beadle Wright. 
Jane Hubbell. 
Jemima Ferris. 



Sarah Mix. 

Henry Hyatt. 

Emelia Bishop. 

Eliza Hyatt. 

Francis Conklin. 

Sally Jane Corwin. 

Eliza Whitney. 

Patty Ann Armstrong. 

David Armstrong. 

Mary White. 

Joseph Levernan Hubbell. 

Peggy Ann Whitney. 

Jane Hyatt. 

Aaron Wright. 

David Wright. 

Helena White. 

Smith Teller. 

John Teller. 

Harrison Teller. 

Louisa Merritt. 

Albert Merritt. 

Harrison Lane. 

Amzi Lane. 

Eliza Ann Lane. > 

Joseph Hyatt. 

Eliza Wright. 

Emelia Wright. 



Hester Hanna | 



Leiza Hanna j 
Darius Landrine. 
Susan States. 
William States. 
David Hyatt. 
Catherine White. 
Elizabeth Pullen. 
Jonathan H. Ferris 
Constant White. 1 



or Stella. 



1 Baptized July, 1824. 



389 



IRecorfc of Cburcb flUeettnos, etc., belfc at IHanover, 
afterward callefc JDorktown 



January 5, 1786. — The Church and Elders met at Hanover; after prayer, the 
following question was discussed. 

Ought a person to make a particular confession for any one sin more than 
another which was committed before his public profession of religion? 

Answered in the negative, extraordinary cases excepted. The church agreed to 
commune in the Lord's Supper four times a year. Concluded with prayer. 

March 8, 1786. — The Church met. Agreed to take up a number of questions 
relative to the Church of Christ, and inquire after light respecting them. 

Question 1st: Why ought Christian Brethren to imbody into a visible church? 
The reasons given. 

Question 2d: What is a Christian Church? 

Answer : A number of visible Christians united together in the profession of the 
faith of the gospel and covenanted to walk in the ordinances of Christ. 

Question 3d: What are the qualifications of Church Members? 

Answer : A visible profession of saving faith in Christ, and a life of conformity 
to the gospel. Concluded with prayer. 

March 24. — Church met, etc. 

Question 4th : Is every Body of Christians that is incorporated, a distinct 
Church according to the word of God? 

Answer : Every Church of Christ that is properly furnished with officers is com- 
plete, and may properly attend to all cases for their own edification and purity. Yet 
the Church ought to call in advice when reeded. 

Question 5th : What officers has Christ appointed in his Church ? 

Answer : Elders and Deacons. Concluded with prayer. 

March 31. — Church met, etc. 

Question 6th : What are the duties incumbent on Church members in relation to 
each other? 

Answer : To pray for each other, and to exhort and reprove according to the 
Laws of Christ. 

Question 7th: How ought they to treat an open offending Brother? 

Answer : They ought to take the rules of Christ to bring to repentance, — 
Matthew xviii. 

Question 8th : May the Church put off and suspend cases of discipline for scan- 
dalous conduct before the offender is reclaimed or excommunicated? 

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Answer : Due moderation and Christian forbearance must be observed, but the 
subject must not be neglected. 

Question 9th: How ought the Church to treat an Excommunicated Brother? 

Answer : They ought to universally bear testimony against his conduct, and to 
withdraw the usual testimonies ot friendship. 

Question 10th : Is there any such thing as suspension, short of excommunication ? 

Answered in the negative. 

Question nth: By whom is sentence of excommunication to be declared and in 
what manner? 

Answer : By the Pastor or Elder, with the concurring voice of the whole Church. 
Concluded with prayer. 

April 28. — Church met, etc. 

Question 12th: In what cases ought a church to call a council? 

Answer : In all cases of difficulty which cannot be settled without. 

Question 13th : Is the Church bound to receive the advice of a Council in all 
cases as decisive? 

Answer : The Church ought not to take the council for her rule, but ought to 
examine the ground of its opinions and advice, with due respect to its judgment. 

Question 14th : Is it right for one Brother to sue another before the Civil Magis- 
trate ? 

Answer : It is not right to sue a Brother in ordinary cases. Concluded with 
prayer. 

May 26. — The Church met for prayer and conversation, etc. Nothing special for 
matter of record. The Church uniformily opened and concluded with prayer. 

September 3. — Church met for divine worship and preparation for Sacrament, etc. 

September 4. — Sacrament administered. 

January 6, 1787. — Church met. Nothing special except the examination of some 
candidates. 

January 7. — Sacrament administered. 

April 21. — Church met, some candidates examined, etc. 

April 22. — Sacrament administered. 

June 19. — The Church met, etc. Examined Mrs. Sellick who was approved. 

July 11. — The Church met. Examined Robert Lee, Esther Lee, the latter 
received into the Church. 

July 26.— The Church met at Red Mills. Examined Phebe Webb, Rachael 
Crosby, Hannah Cox and Katy Badeau, for Church fellowship, who were approved. 

October 2. — The Church met at Hanover. Examined for Church fellowship 
Thomas Bashford and his wife, Mary Lee, Sarah Curry, Phany Curry and Obediah 
Purdy, who were approved. Made choice of Benjamin Haight and Elias Cornelius, 
for Deacons in this Church. 

October 7. — Sacrament administered. 

January 19, 1788. — The Church met, etc. Examined David Knapp and his wife. 
Elizabeth Hart, Deborah Carman and Ame Lane, who were approved. 

391 



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January 20. — Sacrament administered. (Ordinarily the Church attended the 
Lord's Supper the day following their stated Church meeting.) 

March 6. — The Church met, etc. 

April 10. — The Church met, etc. Examined John Riche, Mary Hyatt and Mary 
Depew, who were approved. 

April 12. — The Church met for a season of prayer. Examined Solomon Smith. 
Hannah Purdy, Sarah Fowler and Samuel Davis, who were approved. 

June 8. — The Church met, etc. Examined Gilbert Oakley, who was received 
as a candidate on trial. Proceeded to examine Elizabeth Lane, Charity Lane, Phebe 
Covert and Elizabeth Stephens, who were approved. 

July 24. — The Church met, etc. Examined Ebenezer White and Elijah Lee, 
who were approved. 

July 26. — The Church met, etc. Examined Mary Drake, Jane Hyatt, Amos 
Whitney, who were approved. 

September 12. — The Church met, etc. Examined Conrad Felts, Peter Lane, 
Damaris Wakeman, Jesse Owens, Mary Owens, Gilbert Oakley, who were approved. 

October 14. — The Church met, etc. Examined Phebe McFarden, Arche Reed 
and his wife, Abigail Lane. Sarah Felts, Phebe Horton, Milicent Write [Wright], 
Nathaniel Lane, Thankful Lane, who were approved, except the two latter, who 
stand as candidates on trial. 

October 18. — The Church met, etc. Examined Jasper Drake, Amy Drake, John 
Garrison, Josiah Ingersoll, Eleanor Oakley, Elizabeth Lockwood, Samuel Hopkins, 
William Clark, Mary Cornelius, who were approved. 

January 8, 1789. — The Church conversed on the subject of Church discipline. 
Examined Mary Cutler, who was received as a candidate. The Church appointed 
David Knapp and Dr. Ebenezer White to treat with Nathaniel Lane, respecting 
some things laid to his charge, and make report to the Church. 

February 5. — The Church met at Mr. Crosby's (Red Mills), where they cele- 
brated the Lord's Supper. This was the first time it was ever celebrated in that 
place. 

April 23. — The Church met, etc. Examined Jane Crcnk, who was received as a 
candidate. Spent some time in conversation on religion. 

July 16. — The Church met, etc. After £ome time spent in religious conversa- 
tion and prayer, examined Hannah Beagle, who was approved. 

October 2. — The Church met, etc. Spent the time in conversation and prayer. 

October 10. — The Church met, etc. Examined and approved Jane Cronk, John 
Horton, Sarah Horton, Elijah Dean, Mary Covert, Sarah Cutler. 

January 21, 1790. — The Church spent the time in conversation and prayer. 

January 23. — The Church met, etc. Examined Sarah Lambert, Dalla Van Tassel, 
who were approved. The rest of the time spent in conversation and prayer. 

April 15. — The Church met, etc. Examined Jeremiah Conkling, Tamer Conk- 
ling, Nancy Haight, Dinah Lee. Lydia Riche, who were approved. 

April 17. — The Church met for religious exercises, — prayer and conversation, etc. 

392 



IRecorfc of Cburcb fll>eetino$ 



July 22. — The Church met, etc. Examined Jemima Travis, Sarah Brown, 
Susanah Carman, Phaney Denne, Drusilla Strang, who were approved. 

July 24. — The Church met, etc. After spending some time in prayer and other 
religious exercises, heard a charge against Samuel Davis for theft, which charge 
being supported, and he refusing to make Christian satisfaction, the Church pro- 
ceeded to excommunicate him from their fellowship. 

September 12, 1790. — The members of the Church at Red Mills, becoming 
sufficiently numerous to make a distinct church, and desirous of incorporating by 
themselves, the Church agreed to their separation ; they accordingly imbodied by 
themselves and became a distinct Church. 

October 21. — The Church met, etc. Examined Mary Covert, Elizabeth Romer, 
the former approved, the latter received as a candidate. 

February 3, 1791. — The Church met, etc. Examined Elizabeth Travis. Spent 
the remainder of the time in conversation and prayer. 

February 5. — The Church met for prayer, and to take into consideration the 
state of the poor etc. Contributed four pounds for the support of John Woolsey, 
to be put into the hand of the Deacons. 

May 28. — The Church met, etc. The time spent in conversation and prayer, 
but no special business. 

August 15. — The Church met, etc. Examined Elizabeth Lee, who was ap- 
proved. The remaining time spent in prayer and conversation. 

September 6. — The Church met, etc. Examined Abraham Cronk, and Francis 
Strang, who were approved. 

October 6. — The Church met, etc. No special business as matter of record. 

January 21, 1792. — The Church met, etc. The time spent in prayer and 
religious conversation. 

April 21. — The Church met, etc. Those meetings, which have no special busi- 
ness, was generally spent on some Doctrinal point, or case of conscience, or 
inquiry in the state of the minds of the members. 

July 14. — The Church met, etc., but no special business. 

October 20. — The Church met, etc., the time spent as usual. 

January 1, 1793. — 

February 9. — The Church met, etc. A sermon was preached, and the remain- 
ing time spent in prayer, etc. 

April 13. — The Church met, etc., the time spent in religious exercises. 

May 4. — The Church met at Peekskill. A charge was laid before the Church 
against John Horton for intemperance, the charge being supported, and he re- 
fusing to give evidence of repentance, the Church proceeded to excommunicate him 
from their Communion ; However he offered a confession to the Church, which 
was not satisfactory, but the Church agreed to read his confession in public and 
consider him as a candidate, and wait further evidence of his repentance and refor- 
mation. 

July 6. — The Church met, etc., no special business done at this meeting. 

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October 26. — The Church met, etc. 

February 16, 1794. — Church meeting and sacrament attended as usual. 

March 17. — The Church met at John Carman's; entered on the subject of our 
duty to our children as baptized members of the Church. 

April 19. — The Church met, etc. Resumed the subject of baptized children: 
resolved that we feel that there is a care due to them as such. 

July 12. — The Church met, etc., spent the time in worship and conversation. 

October 24. — The Church met, etc., no special business done at this meeting. 
Some conversation respecting Jane Gillet, who was about to be married to a man. 
she having an husband. 

January 17, 1795. — The Church met, etc. A sermon preached and other exer- 
cises as usual. 

April 18. — The Church met, etc. A charge was laid before the Church against 
Jane Gillet, for the sin of adultry, and the charge supported and she refusing to 
give suitable evidence of repentance, the Church proceeded to excommunicate her 
from their Communion. A charge was laid before the Church against Jesse Owens, 
for intemperance, the case deferred to the next meeting of the Church and some 
means prescribed to reclaim him, more than had been used. 

July 11. — The Church met, etc. The Church resumed the subject respecting 
Jesse Owens, and finding all means proved ineffectual to reclaim him, and his crime 
as a drunkard proved to their satisfaction, proceeded to excommunicate him from 
their fellowship. 

December 4. — The Church met at Deacon Knap's. The question discussed 
was : Is it the duty of a Church to excommunicate baptized members who have not 
made a visible profession of religion and joined the Church by their own act, if 
they become scandalous by open acts of sin? Left for further consideration. 

January 30, 1796. — The Church met, etc. A sermon preached, and other reli- 
gious exercises occupied the time. 

April 23. — The Church met, etc. Nothing special at this meeting as matter of 
record. 

July 16. — The Church met, etc. 

November 18. — The Church met, etc. The Church discoursed the following 
Question : Ought a woman to obey her husband's unlawful commands ? The sub- 
ject left for further consideration. Attended to the confession of Jemima Carman, 
approved the same, and agreed that it be public the next Lord's Day. 

February n, 1797. — The Church met, etc. Discoursed on the subject of Com- 
munion. The Church took into consideration the low state of Psalmody in the 
Church ; and proposed as a means of reviving the same, that David Hyatt open a 
school and teach the youth and others the practice of singing by rule, and that all 
the Church members who can sing, to sing in public. Agreed that the Deacon pur- 
chase a suitable book to contain the record of the Church. 

May 5. — The Church met. etc. Discoursed on the importance of Christian 
watchfulness. 

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August 6. — The Church met, etc. The Church took into consideration the 
expediency of appointing another Deacon in this Church. Voted. It is expedient. 

October 21. — A rainy day, but few of the Church met. 

February 3, 1798. — The Church met, etc. No special business; the time spent 
in prayer and religious exercises. 

April 28. — The Church met, etc. Took into consideration the importance of 
calling delinquent members who live at a distance and absent themselves from the 
worship of God in this Church, and from the communion, to give the reasons for 
their neglect. 

June 16. — The Church met, etc. Nothing at this meeting as matter of record. 

October 19. — But few of the Church present. 

October 20. — The Church met at Peekskill. Examined Betsy Ferris and voted 
her reception into the Church. 

January 26, 1799. — The Church met, etc. The Church took into consideration, 
whether it is consistent to commune with Methodists who are apparently pious, if 
they should desire occasional communion. Voted. After proper manifestation of 
their piety to the Church, it would be consistent. 

April 20. — The Church met, etc. Discoursed on the nature and method of 
fasting under the gospel. Agreed to spend Thursday next as a day of fasting 
and prayer. 

May 18. — The Church met by special notice at Deacon Lent's. Took into con- 
sideration a charge against Charles Duzenbury, laid before them by Deacon John 
Lent, for wicked and scandalous conduct, which was proved against him before the 
Church, and he refusing to confess his faults and reform, the Church declared by 
vote that he should no longer be a member in their communion. 

August 3. — The Church met, etc. Nothing at this meeting as matter of 
record. 

October 26. — The Church met, etc. No special business done. 

April 19, 1800. — The Church met, etc. 

July 11. — The Church met at Jonathan Owens's. Mrs. Betsy Hubbel offered 
herself for examination as candidate for Church fellowship, approved ; but her cir- 
cumstances forbid her attending immediately to join in covenant with Church. 

July 26. — The Church met, etc. Conversed on the subject of infant baptism. 

January 31, 1801. — The Church met, etc. 

August 8. — The Church met, etc. A sermon was preached, etc. The Church 
conversed on the question : Ought a Church to support a member of another Church, 
who may be in the vicinity and become needy? Answered in the negative. Agreed 
to make a collection for the relief of Eleanor Marvin, who resides in this neighbor- 
hood and is a member of the Church in Bloominggrove. 

October 10. — The Church met, etc. No special business done at this meeting. 

January 23, 1802. — The Church met, etc. Nathaniel Wright offered himself for 
examination for Church fellowship. He was approved by the Church. 

March 8. — The Church met at Henry Carman's, proceeded to the examination 

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of Robert Long, Sylva Long, Phebe Thorn, for fellowship in this Church. They 
were all approved. 

March 27. — The Church met, etc. A sermon was preached, etc. After Divine 
Service examined Henry Miller, Hannah Miller, Milicent Carl, Rosetta Whitney, 
Kate Johnson, Thomas Barton, Hannah Bishop, who were approved. 

June 9. — The Church met, etc. The Church examined Seth Whitney, Jemima 
Ferris, Chloe Hyatt, Elizabeth Hart, Daniel Teller, who were approved. 

July 11. — The Church met, etc. The Church examined Alvan Purdy, Lydia 
Purdy, Milicent Whitney, David Hyatt, Mary Hyatt, Hannah Perry, Lydia Pullen, 
Mical Mix, Mary Mix, who were approved. 

October 23. — The Church met, etc. The Church examined George Lane, Daniel 
Horton, Nancy Horton, Phebe Lee, who were approved. 

January 8, 1803. — The Church met, etc. The Church proceeded to the examina- 
tion of Benjamin Wright, Junr., Deborah Beadle, Sarah Whitney, who were ap- 
proved. 

April 2. — The Church met, etc. Proceeded to the examination of Hester Denne, 
who was approved. 

July 23. — The Church met, etc. The Church took into consideration the case 
of Massy Purdy, a sister in this Church, who needs some assistance for her support. 
Agreed to take a collection in the Church for her present relief which was accord- 
ingly done. 

October 8.— The Church met, etc. The Church proceeded to inquire into the 
state of the Church, the application of the money, collected from time to time, and 
various other subjects. 

January 7, 1804. — The Church met, etc. The Deacons made report to the 
Church that there was a necessity for further provision for Massy Purdy. The 
Church made inquiry whether she was a person whose situation, and circumstances 
rendered her one for whose support the Church ought to provide ; according 
to the Apostolic rule, Timothy v. 16, and not having before them all the means of 
information necessary to determine the question, appointed Elijah Lee, Peter Lane, 
Obediah Purdy, as a Committee to inquire into the subject, and gain all necessary 
information, and make report at the next meeting. 

January 13. — The Church met, etc., and took into consideration the subject 
respecting Massy Purdy. The Committee were not prepared to make report, etc. 

January 15. — The Church met, etc. The Committee reported that they had 
inquired into the subject respecting the interest of Massy Purdy. Your Committee 
on inquiring found that Massy had received in Continental money to the value of 
Fifty Four dollars and fifty cents toward Bond, then in her hands, amounting to 
Three Hundred Pounds ; and that she had given up the Bond, and receipted the 
money, and that this was done in the year 1779. After conversing on the subject, 
the Church agreed to pay Twelve Pounds per year toward the support of Massy 
Purdy, on condition that Alvan Purdy (who was the man that took up the be- 
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as her case may require ; to which he agreed, accordingly she was removed to his 
house. 

April 21. — The Church met, etc. Took into consideration the subject of sup- 
porting the poor of the Church, and other things relating to the welfare of the 
Church. 

July 7. — The Church met, etc. No business done at this meeting as matter of 
record. 

October and January sessions nothing special. 

March 30, 1805. — The Church met, etc. Attended Divine service, after which 
the Church agreed to continue their assistance for the support of Massy Purdy as 
long as she needs. 

The following question referred to the Church by the parties concerned : Ought 
Obediah Purdy to pay the whole of the stipulated sum for his pew, except what 
Alvan Purdy has paid ? The Church agreed that he ought to pay the sum referred 
to in the question. 

June 1. — The Church met at Peekskill. The Church proceeded to examine 
Jemima Brown, and James Brown, respecting their experimental knowledge in 
religion. The former was approved, the latter stands as a candidate. 

October 12. — The Church met, etc. Ambrose Porter and his wife offered them- 
selves for Church fellowship, and were examined and approved. 

January 18, 1806. — The Church met, etc. A complaint being lodged in the 
hands of the Pastor against Elijah Lee for slandering the character of the Rev. Silas 
Constant. He agreed to make public confession of his fault ; the Church suspended 
the hearing of the case. 

February 5. — The Church met, etc. A charge was laid before the Church against 
Elijah Lee for slandering the character of a brother. The said Lee appeared but 
made no satisfactory answer to the charge. The Church hearing the witnesses, and 
duly considering the case, voted unanimously that he v. as guilty of slander. Voted 
that Mr. Constant be desired to admonish him by letter, in the name of the Church, 
to repent of his sin, and make confession ; and likewise for his contemptuous treat- 
ment of the Church. 

February 15.— The Church met, etc. Anne Conklin offered herself for Church 
membership, was examined and approved. The Church conversed on the subject of 
Elijah Lee's confession, which he refused to make. 

February 16. — Elijah Lee was publicly excommunicated from the Church. 

April 19.— The Church met at Peekskill. Nancy Frost offered herself for 
Church membership. She was examined and approved. The Church took into 
consideration the subject of appointing Elders, or some person to assist in worship 
occasionally, and in matters of discipline, and visitation, etc. 

May 2.— The Church met, etc. Phany Mical (formerly Phany Duzenbury), 
having been absent for a number of years, appeared before the Church and requested 
the mind of the Church respecting her standing in the Church : and that a com- 
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moral character. The Church appointed Jeremiah Conkling and Henry Miller to 
attend with Mr. Constant, the Pastor, to make due inquiry and report at our next 
meeting. Whereas Alvan Purdy, Daniel Horton, Phebe Horton, Phebe Knapp, 
Phanna Lee, Mary Lee, Margaret Strang, Elizabeth Pullen, Phebe Requa have of 
late withdrawn- themselves from the worship of God with this Church, and neglected 
the Sacramental Communion with their brethern. The Church, imprest with a sense 
of its obligations to them, to watch over them in the Lord, and not to suffer sin 
upon them, appointed Deacon Seth Whitney, Capt. Nathaniel Wright, to visit some 
of them with the Pastor, and Dr. Ebenezer White, Deacon Lane and Capt. Obediah 
Purdy, to visit others, and to call them back by friendly admonition and exhortation 
and make report at our next meeting. 

The Church proceeded to appoint two additional Elders, viz : David Hyatt 
and Henry Miller, to assist in counselling and advising in case of discipline, and to 
lead in Divine Worship in the absence of the Pastor on Lord's Daj's, and other 
occasions. 

July 7, 1806. — The Church met, etc. Proceeded to inquire into the state of the 
Church, and finding difficulties so far removed that have subsisted among us of late, 
that they agreed to have a Sacramental Communion. The Church took into con- 
sideration some things respecting their standing and connections,, etc. Agreed 
unanimously that this Church consider themselves as originally standing in connec- 
tion with the Church of Scotland, and belonging to the late Dutchess Presbytery. 

Voted, that this Church do, and will maintain the state and continue in the 
same connection with the Church of Scotland, as far as political and circumstances 
render convenient. 

Voted that this Church in style, doctrine and worship are essentially the same 
as they always were from their first establishment as a Church. 

July 10. — The Church met, etc. The Committees reported that the delinquent 
members refused to return to the Church, assigning as a reason for withdrawment 
that the Church was Congregational, and had altered the constitution of the Church. 

August 17. — The Church met, etc. Took into consideration the state of the 
Church and congregation, and the state of those who have absented from us ; and 
desirous of doing every thing that shall tend to remove their disaffection. Agreed 
to call an Ecclesiastical council to come and sit in this place. Voted, that the fol- 
lowing brethern be invited, viz : Messrs. Amzi Lewis, Richard Andrews, Stephen 
Dodd, Jehu Miner, Mr. Grant, Mr. Burrit, John Cornwell, Sylvanus Haight, with 
delegates from their respective Churches, where they reside. 

Voted : The time for the council to meet shall be the third day of September 
next, and that the place of meeting shall be at the house of the Rev. Mr. Constant. 

Voted that Deacon Lane, Deacon Whitney, and Deacon Lent, David Hyatt, 
Henry Miller, Ebenezer White, with Rev. Mr. Constant, be a committee to prepare 
the statement of the things to be laid before the council, and to present the same to 
them when convened. 

September 3. — The Council met and adjourned to the 17th, to meet in this place. 

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September 17. — The Council met in this place, at the house of Rev. Silas Con- 
stant, and heard the subjects laid before them, and gave them advice as on file. 

September 24. — The Church met, etc. Proceeded to examine the result of the 
Council who sat in this place on the 17th instant, by adjournment, and agreed to 
adopt their counsel and advice as judicious, and accordingly consulted on measures 
to carry the same into execution. 

September 29. — The Church met, etc. Consulted on measures to bring certain 
disorderly members back from their schismatic and disorderly courses. Adjourned 
to October 3rd. 

October 3. — The Church met. After prayer, heard a charge laid down before 
the Church by Amos Whitney, against Alvan Purdy and Nancy Horton for with- 
drawing from the Church and the worship of God, with their brethern. The latter 
charge was laid before the Church by Nathaniel Wright. The Church proceeded to 
the consideration of the case of Alvan Purdy, and after duly considering the charge 
and the contempt he has cast on the worship of God, and his ordinances ; and his 
contumacious conduct towards the Church in not attending to their repeated invita- 
tions, and citations, to the Church meetings, in the time of his trial. They voted 
unanimously that he shall no longer be considered as a Brother in this Church till 
he return by repentance, which may God of His mercy grant. The Church pro- 
ceeded to consider the charges against Nancy Horton, and finding her guilty of the 
things laid down in the charge, voted, that she shall no longer be considered as a 
sister with the fellowship of this Church, till she return by repentance. Voted, 
that the Pastor be requested to write an admonition to those members; and 
if they return not by repentance and confession, their excommunication be publicly 
declared on the twelfth of the present month, being Lord's Day. Concluded with 
prayer. 

October 11, 1806. — The Church met; after prayer, took into consideration a 
charge laid before them by Nathaniel Wright against Daniel Horton, Jr., for with- 
drawing himself from the worship and ordinances of God in this place, in contempt 
of the Church with which he stands in covenant ; and after duly considering the 
case, voted, that this Church no longer consider him as a brother in this Church, 
till he return by repentance, which may God of His infinite mercy grant. 

The Church voted to reconsider the case of Nancy Horton, mentioned in the 
minutes of the last session, and after the most candid review of the subject, see no 
cause to revoke what they did at the last meeting. 

Whereas the Rev. Ebenezer Grant of Bedford came into this place on the 6th 
instant, and without ever notifying the Church at large, even the Pastor, proceeded 
to appoint two ruling Elders over this Church. Resolved, 1st: That this conduct 
is unjustifiable by any known gospel rule, or precedent. 2nd: That this Church view 
it as a grand imposition, on the Church and Pastor. 3rd : That it tend to schism 
and disorder. Concluded with prayer. 

October 16. — The Church and congregation met, and spent the day in fasting 
and prayer. After the public worship the Church spent some time conversing on 

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the state of the Church and congregation. Voted to desire Mr. Lewis White to act 
as chorister in leading the singing, in the public worship, in this place. 

October 24. — The Church met; after prayer the Church took into consideration 
the case of Phaney Duzenbury, against whom some reports were circulated against 
her moral character. She appearing with suitable confessions and marks of repent- 
ance, was forgiven by the Church. Voted that her confession be published the next 
Lord's Day. 

Dr. Ebenezer White laid down a charge against Elizabeth Pullen for withdraw- 
ing herself from worship and ordinances of God, in open violation of her covenant 
with God and this Church. After due investigation, the Church voted unanimously 
that she shall not be considered as a sister in this Church, till she return by repent- 
ance, which may God grant. Concluded with prayer. 

November 27. — The Church met ; after prayer, a charge was laid before the 
Church against Josiah Ingersoll, for withdrawing himself from the worship and 
ordinances of God in a contemptuous manner. After attending to the charge, and 
duly considering the subject; voted, that he shall not be considered as a member 
in this Church, till he return by repentance, which may God of his mercy grant. 
Likewise a charge was laid before the Church against Margaret Strang for con- 
temptuously withdrawing herself from the worship and ordinances of God. The 
Church after hearing the case, voted, to cut her off from the fellowship of the 
Church, till she return by repentance, which may God of His infinite goodness grant. 
Concluded with prayer. 

April 25, 1807. — The Church met and spent the time in prayer and conversation. 
No special business. Concluded with prayer. The Church made choice of Mr. 
Lewis White to act as chorister in this Church. 

N. B. — In this revision of the Record of the Church, some things are omitted 
as of little or no importance to be transcribed; so from April 25th. 1807, to June, 
1809. nothing is recorded but the time of meeting and devotional exercises, etc. ; 
those meetings are therefore omitted in this book. 

June 17, 1809. — The Church from this time on, continued their usual meetings. 

December 11, 1812. — The Church met; after prayer, took into consideration the 
state of several delinquent members, who live at a distance from the ordinary place 
of public worship, and but seldom attend. Appointed members to visit and admonish 
them, etc. The Pastor then presented the doings of a convention, appointed by 
Westchester Presbytery, which exhibition showeth that the Churches in our connec- 
tion are in general without settled Pastors, and prescribes some measures to remedy 
the evil, viz: the raising of money, and the joining of two or more churches in the 
settlement of a minister. After some consideration on the subject of the state of 
the Church, concluded with prayer. 

January 5, 1813. — The Church met at Peekskill ; after prayer took into considera- 
tion a charge against David Hyatt, Esq., for intemperance, presented by Deacon 
John Lent, to which he, David Hyatt, pleaded not guilty. The Church after hearing 
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found him guilty of intoxication, through the excessive use of strong liquor, and 
proceeded to admonish him to repent and reform. Adjourned to meet again at 
Yorktown, the third Tuesday of this month, i o'clock p.m. Concluded with prayer. 

January 19, 1813. — The Church met according to appointment; after prayer, 
proceeded to inquire respecting the case of David Hyatt, and being informed that 
he was unable to attend through bodily illness, and that he exhibited marks of 
repentance, and desired the Church to adjourn till he could attend. They accord- 
ingly agreed to adjourn to Saturday the 30th of this month. After some conversation 
on the pecuniary state of the Church, Mrs. Loder was received into the Church. 
Concluded with prayer. 

April 20, 1813. — The Church attended Sacramental and Church services as usual. 
but nothing special as matter of record. 

January, 1814. — 

June 4. — The Church met at meeting house, Peekskill, for prayer and other 
preparatory exercises for Sacrament. Examined Mr. David Corwin, candidate for 
Communion, who was received. 

June 5. — The Church examined Christiana Corwin, candidate for Communion, 
who was received. Sacrament administered at Peekskill. 

June 12, 1814. — Jane Helmes received into the Church. 

April, 1815. — The Church met at the usual times, quarterly, but nothing special. 
A general harmony prevails in the Church. 

October. — The Church met at David Hyatt's ; after prayer, examined Deborah 
Osborn and Sarah Hyatt, who were received as candidates for Communion, and 
accordingly at the following Communion publicly joined to the Church. 

December 28, 1815. — The Church met; after prayer, examined Deborah Osborn 
and Sarah Hyatt as candidates for Communion in this Church. The Church con- 
tinued the afternoon in conversation and prayer. 

January 10, 1816. — The Church met; after prayer, examined Phebe Whitney 
and Patta Fowler for Communion in this Church, who together with those who were 
examined at the last Church meeting were received. Concluded with prayer. 

April 19, 1816. — The Church met at meeting house. Mrs. Teller, Susanah Lane 
and Phebe Whitney, and Patta Fowler, offered themselves as candidates for union 
with the Church, who were received. 

April 20. — Sacrament administered at Yorktown. Mrs. Teller, Phebe Whitney, 
Susanah Lane, Patta Fowler, were received into the Church. The Church agreed 
to the request of those members who belong to the parish of Peekskill, that they 
have leave to imbody into a Church and when they have so done, that they shall no 
longer be considered as members in this Church. 

July 19. — The Church met at meeting house ; after prayer Henry White, Sarah 
Helms, Polly Hyatt, Clarry and Hannah, two black girls, offered themselves for ex- 
amination as candidates for Church fellowship, who were all examined and received. 

July 20. — Sacrament administered at Yorktown. The four mentioned persons 
were received into the Church. 

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October 26. — The Church met ; but no special business. The time spent in 
conversation and prayer and other preparatory exercises for the Sacrament. 

December 12. — The Church met for prayer and other exercises. Examined 
Lewis White, Anna Fowler, Isaac Lefurjah, candidates for Church fellowship. 
Concluded with prayer. 

January 11, 1817. — The Church met tor Divine worship. Examined Daniel 
Merrit, Anna Whitney, Abigail Lane, Elijah Lane, Elizabeth Whitney, Molly 
Graham, Ben. Angevine, who were received as candidates for Communion. 

January 12. — The before mentioned candidates, except the two latter were 
received into the Church. The Sacrament administered. 

April 19. — The Church met for Divine worship; after which examined Eve 
Bird, Stephen Bird, Elenor Bird, Ruth Loder, Caleb Lane, Archibald Lane, Milicent 
Purdy, Benjamin Angevine, Molly Graham, who were received as candidates for 
Church membership. Concluded with prayer. 

April 20. — The before mentioned candidates were received into the Church. 
The Sacrament administered. 

May 8. — The Church met at Dr. Henry White's. After prayer examined Capt. 
Bird and Mr. Lane as candidates for Church fellowship. Spent the rest of the 
time in prayer and religious conversation. Concluded with prayer. 

July 19. — The Church met for Divine worship and other preparatory exercises 
for the Lord's Supper. Examined Mr. Bird, who was received by the Church as a 
candidate for Communion. 

July 20. — Sacrament administered at Yorktown. Mr. Bird received into the 
Church. 

September 9. — The Church met after public worship, and a sermon preached to 
the Female Bible Society. The Church proceeded to discourse on the subject of 
appointing Elders in the Churches. The Church agreed to meet again for further 
inquiry on the subject. 

September 25. — The Church met ; after prayer, proceeded to converse on the 
subject of Elders in the Churches, and the expediency of appointing Elders in this 
Church. After deliberately attending to the subject, agreed to lay the subject 
before the Presbytery of Westchester, at their next session. 

The question referred. First : What is the duty of the Churches respecting 
the appointment of a pluarality of Elders in each Church? Second: Is it the duty 
of the Church in Yorktown to appoint a plurality of Elders in this Church? Con- 
cluded with prayer. 

October 25. — The Church met ; after prayer, heard the report of the Com- 
mittee appointed to wait on the Presbytery, with the questions respecting the 
appointment of Elders in the Churches, and in this Church under its present cir- 
cumstances. The questions were answered in the affirmative. The Church voted 
to appoint two of its male members as candidates to the office of Elders. Adjourned 
for a month. Concluded with prayer. 

November. — The Church met according to adjournment; after prayer the 

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Church proceeded to make choice of Deacon Peter Lane and Mr. Lewis White, to 
be in due time set apart to the office of Elders, in this Church, and request them 
to act as helps in leading in the public worship of God occasionally, as circum- 
stances may require. Mr. Ball was received into the Church by letter. Concluded 
with prayer. 

January 18, 1818. — The Church met for public worship and other religious 
exercises preparatory to the Sacrament. 

January 19. — Sacrament administered at Yorktown. 

April 26. — The Church met; after Divine worship took into consideration the 
state of some of its absent members who do not attend worship with us. Agreed 
to visit and learn their circumstances. 

April 27. — Sacrament administered at Yorktown. 

July 9. — The Church met at the house of Mr. Constant; after prayer Mr. 
Constant laid before the Church a charge brought forward by Mr. Lewis White, 
against Clary, a woman of color, a member of this Church, for lying and other 
immoralities. The Church after hearing the charges, and the witnesses, and duly 
considering the subject, proceeded to cut her off from a standing in this Church, 
and agreed that her excommunication be made public the next Lord's Day, unless 
she repent and confess her faults before that time. Concluded with prayer. 

The Church met at all the stated times in October, January and April, but 
nothing special as matter of record occurred, except that [Nicholas] Parker was 
received into the Church. 

July 17, 1819. — The Church met; after public worship, spent some time in reli- 
gious conversation and prayer. 

July 18. — The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper administered. 

October 23. — The Church met after public worship ; took into consideration 
the subject of forming an education society. The members present agreed to unite 
for that purpose, and appointed a time to meet for incorporation. Concluded with 
prayer. 

January 15, 1820. — The Church met; after prayer took into consideration the 
importance of instructing the baptized members of the Church. Mr. Constant pro- 
duced a short Catechism, for the purpose of assisting the parents in the instruction 
of their children. The Church adopted the same, and agreed to have it printed. 

January 16. — The Sacrament administered. 

April 15. — The Church met ; after prayer, resumed the subject of calling up 
the attention of the baptized members of the Church, and introducing for their 
instruction, stated meetings at which the children shall generally attend. Concluded 
with prayer. 

May 25. — The Church met with a number of the baptized children, and after 
prayer and exhortations, proceeded to catechise the children. Concluded with 
prayer. 

July 22. — The Church met after public worship. The Church spent some time 
in conversation and prayer. 

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July 23. — The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper administered. 

August 13. — The Church met; examined Benjamin Wright for Church fellow- 
ship, who was by vote received into the Church and baptized, being 85 years of age. 

October, 1820. — The Church met in this month for Sacramental exercises, but 
nothing special as matter of record. 

January, 1821. — The Sacramental exercises and Church meeting attended, but 
nothing special. 

July, 1821. — On the 7th the Church met for Divine worship and Church busi- 
ness. 

July 8. — Attended Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 

October 27. — The Church met for Divine worship and Church business. 

October 28. — Attended the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 

January 19, 1822. — The Church met for Divine worship, and Church business. 
Conversed on the state of Church, and the delinquency of some of the members. 

January 20. — Attended the Lord's Supper. 

April 20. — The Church met for Divine service and Church business. Spent 
the time in conversation, etc. 

April 21. — Administered the Sacrament. 

July 13. — The Church met as usual ; attended Divine worship. The Church 
took into consideration the subject of joining the Association of Connecticut, and 
agreed to join with the sister Churches in such a measure, if it is ultimately thought 
for the best. 

October 12. — The Church met for Divine worship, and Church business, but 
few met. The time spent in religious conversation. 

October 13. — Sacrament administered. 

January 24. 1824. — The Church met for Divine worship and Church business. 
Spent the time in conversation, etc. 

January 25. — Administration of the Lord's Supper. 

April 17. — The Church met for Divine worship and Church business. Spent 
the time in conversation on the low state of religion in the Church and the inatten- 
tion to religion in the congregation. 

April 18. — Administered Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 

July 15. — The Church met for Divine worship; no special business before the 
Church. 

July 16. — Sacrament administered. 

October 15. — The Church met, attended Divine services, and spent some time 
in conversation. 

October 16. — Sacrament administered. 

December 31. — The Church met at Deacon White's for religious conversation 
and prayer. Examined a number of young converts and others, respecting the 
state of their souls. 

January 22, 1825. — The Church met for Divine worship, after which proceeded 
to examine Sarah Purdy, Jane Hyatt, Eliza Tredwell. Levina Parker, Elizabeth 

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Parker", Amy Whitney, Rachael Odell, Mary Ann Marshall, Amy Peterson, Sarah 
Seaman, Emma Mead, James Lounsbury, Olivia Parker, Permilia Banker, Barnardus 
Montross, Philina White, Eliza Whitney, Sarah Montross, concerning their qualifica- 
tions for church relation, and Christian Communion, who were all received by this 
Church as fit subjects, and directed to appear to-morrow for the public profession of 
their faith and union with the Church. 

January 23. — Administered the Lord's Supper, previous to which the above 
candidates were received into the Church. 

This closes Mr. Constant's record ; another hand entered the following : 
The Rev. Silas Constant, Pastor of this Church departed this life March 22nd, 
1825, in the 76 year of his age, having labored in this Vineyard 39 years 5 months. 
It may be said of him, that he was faithful to the end in the discharge of his 
Pastoral charge, and as a preacher, able, as a friend highly valuable. His last hours 
exhibited great patience, and submission to the will of His Divine Master who 
blessed him in life, and in death, he was not forsaken. 




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Ulames of tbe (members of tbe Cburcb in IHanover, 

November 15, 1786, anb tbe fllames of tbose 

wbo jotneb after tbat time 

[Those marked with an asterisk (*) lived out of the parish.] 



John Woolsey. 
Joseph Lee. 
Aaron Form an. 
John Lee. 
Mary Lane. 
Phebe Lee.* 
Martha Mekeel. 
William Horton. 
Benjamin Haight. 
Elizabeth Forman. 
Sarah Lee. 
Gilbert Travis. 
John McLean.* 
John How. 
Massy Purdy. 
Elizabeth Budd. 
Margaret Strang. 
Phebe Oats.* 
Sarah Drew.* 
Elizabeth Wright.* 
Eleanor Ingersoll. 
Hannah Brewer. 
Hannah Fowler. 
Elizabeth Carman. 
Abijah Lee. 
John Avery. 
Sophia Smith. 
Sarah Van Wyck.* 
Judah Holly. 
Hester Heroy. 
Mary Ann Ally. 
Joseph Forman. 



Elias Cornelius. 
Robert Lee. 
David Knapp. 
John Rich. 
Solomon Smith. 
Elias Badeau. 
Jane Conklin. 
Hannah Cox. 
Rachel Crosby. 
Phebe Webb. 
Charles Heroy. 
Thomas Bashford. 
Mary Lee. 
Obadiah Purdy. 
Mrs. Smith. 
Sarah Jones. 
Israel Lock wood. 
Mary Spock. 
Elizabeth Lane.* 
Charity Lane.* 
Martha How. 
Joanna Travis. 
Susanna Russell. 
Phany Duzenbury.* 
Esther Lee. 
Jane Conklin. 
Elizabeth Hart.* 
Katy Badeau. 
Sarah Curry. 
Phany Curry. 
Mrs. Riche. 
Samuel Davis. 



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Charles Duzenbury. 
Jane Owens. 
Ebenezer White.* 
Phebe Covert. 
Susanna Haight. 
Mary Secord. 



Elizabeth Pullen. 
Jemima Carman. 
Mrs. Sellick.* 
Katy Knapp. 
Phebe Knapp. 



Gbe following 

Amy Lane. 

Deborah Carman. 

Mary Hyatt.* 

Mary Depew. 

Hannah Purdy.* 

Sarah Fowler.* 

Elizabeth Stephens.* 

Elijah Lee. 

Jane Hyatt. 

Mary Drake. 

Amos Whitney. 

Mary Owens. 

Phebe McFarden. 

Conrad Felts. 
Damaris Wakeman. 

Peter Lane.* 
Arc he Reed. 
Sarah Reed. 
Phebe Horton. 
Milicent Wright.* 
Gilbert Oakley. 
Jasper Drake. 
John Garrison, 
josiah ingersoll. 
Eleanor Oakley. 
Sarah Felts. 
Elizabeth Lockwood. 
Lemuel Hopkins. 
William Clark. 
Mary Cornelius. 
Abigail Lane.* 
Anna Drake. 
Unice Golden. 
Hannah Crosby. 



jotneD tbe cburcb after 1786: 

Lewis Weeks. 
Jeremiah Crosby. 
Jemima Holms. 
Jane Merrick. 
Mary Merrick. 
Phebe Heroy. 
Elizabeth Derbyshire. 
William Webb. 
Mary Austin. 
Tisha Lang. 
Clarkson Heroy. 
William Badeau. 
Sarah Reed. 
Mary Taylor. 
Mehitible Vermilier. 
John Van Tassel. 
Katharine McCoy. 
Hannah Beadle. 
Jane Cronk. 
Elijah Dean. 
Sarah Horton. 
Mary Covert. 
Sarah Cutler. 
Dalla Van Tassel. 
Sarah Lambert. 
Tamer Conklin. 
Jeremiah Conklin. 
Nancy Haight. 
Dinah Lee. 
Lydia Riche. 
Jemima Travis. 
Mrs. Brown.* 
Susanna Carman. 
Phany Denne. 
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Drusilla Strang. 

Mary Covert. 

Philip Steinbeck. 

Mary Steinbeck. 

Sarah Birdsall. 

Elizabeth Travis. 

Abner Farington. 

Elizabeth Lee. 

Elizabeth Romer. 

Francis Strang.* 

Abraham Cronk. 

William Duzenbury, Jun r . 

Mary Bell. 

John Carman. 

Mary Sherwood. 

Katurah Hill. 

John Hadden. 

Daniel Mead. 

John Lent.* 

Betsy Ferris. 

Robert Long.* 

Sylvia Long. 

Phebe Thorn. 

Henry Miller.* 

Hannah Miller. 

Rosetta Whitney. 

Katy Johnson.* 

Thomas Barton.* 

Hannah Bishop. 

Milicent Carl.* 

Nathaniel Wright.* 

Seth Whitney. 

Jemima Ferris. 

David M. Hyatt. 

Chloe Hyatt. 

Elizabeth Hart.* 

Daniel Teller. 

Davatha Mix. 

Milicent Whitney. 

Hannah Perry.* 

Lydia Pullen.* 

Mical Mix. 

Mary Mix. 



Alvan Purdy. 
Lydia Purdy. 
Mary Hyatt. 
George Lane.* 
Daniel Horton, Junr. 
Nancy Horton. 
Phebe Lee. 
Benjamin Wright.* 
Deborah Beadle. 
Sarah Whitney.* 
Hester Denne. 
Jemima Brown. 
Ambrose Porter.* 
Vitate Porter.* 
Anne Conklin. 
Nancy Frost. 
Winifred Sutton.* 
Ithiel Purdy.* 
Lydia Purdy.* 
Aurilia White.* 
Sylvia Armstrong.* 
Mrs. Loder. 
David Corwix. 
Christina Corwin. 
Jane Helms.* 
Deborah Osborn.* 
Phebe Whitney.* 
Patty Fowler.* 
Sarah Hyatt. 
Joseph Hood. 
Anne Conklin. 
Zilpha Teller. 
Susanna Lane. 
Henry White. 
Polly Hyatt. 
Sarah Helms. 
Clara, 
Hannah, 
Elisha Lane. 
Anna Whitney. 
Lewis White. 
Isaac Lefurjah. 
Daniel Merritt. 



black girls. 



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flDembere of tbe Cburcb 



Abigail Lane. 
Anna Fowler. 
Elizabeth Whitney. 
Eva Bird. 
Stephen Bird. 
Eleanor Bird. 
Ruth Loder. 
Captain Bird. 
Caleb Lane. 
Archibald Lane. 

MlLICENT PURDY. 

Benjamin Landrine. 
Molly Graham. 
Hosea Ball. 
Nicholas Parker. 
Sarah Purdy. 
Jane Hyatt. 



Eliza Tredwell. 
Levina Parker. 
Elizabeth Parker. 
Amy Whitney. 
Rachel Odell. 
Mary Ann Marshall. 
James Lounsbury. 
Amy Peterson. 
Emma Mead. 
Sarah Seaman. 
Olivia Parker. 
Perm eli a Banker. 
Barnardus Montross. 
Philena White. 
Eliza Whitney. 
Sarah Montross. 1 



1 Mr. Constant's list ends 22 January, 1825, just two months preceding his 
death. 




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fOHN NELSON, the ancestor of the Nelsons of Westchester, Dutchess, and 
Putnam Counties, New York, was plaintiff in a suit against Thomas Sprey, 
of New Amsterdam, 17 January, 1670. (Court Minutes of New Amster- 
dam, vi. 278.) For a time, at least, he resided at Flatbush, but had re- 
moved to Mamaroneck, Westchester County, before 27 July, 1683, on which date 
he purchased lands from John Richbell and Ann his wife (Westchester Deeds, A. 
20), and he was an administrator, with James Mott and Ann Richbell, of the estate 
of John Richbell, the first patentee of what later became the manor of Scarsdale. 
John Nelson's home-lot adjoined the land of Robert Penoyer, and is so described 
in a deed from himself and wife Hendrica to William Pierce. 2 April, 1694. (Ibid.. 
B, 177, 178.) On 28 January, 1707, he conveyed to his "eldest son," Polycarpus, a 
house, lot of land, and orchard, in Mamaroneck, in consideration of which the son 
was to pay his "nephew," Richard Rogers, £10. (Ibid., D, 179, 180.) He served 
on the grand jury of Westchester County, 1 August, 1688; as overseer of Mama- 
roneck in 1697, an d as constable in 1699, an d his name frequently appears in the 
records as a member of various town committees, and always with the prefix of 
" Mr.," a designation of some distinction at that period. He died after 28 March, 
1713, at which time he was a witness to a deed of John Pell, Sr., brother of Thomas 
Pell, second lord of the manor of Pelham. (Ibid., E, 50.) A low hill in the town 
of his adoption perpetuates his name. It was made historically memorable during 
the Revolution for the surprise and defeat, by Colonel Smallwood, of a large body 
of the British stationed thereon under Major Rogers. 

John Nelson married, at Flatbush. Long Island, Hendrica Vander Vliet (Ber- 
gen's "Kings County Settlers," 214. 325), who was living 2 April, 1694 (West- 
chester County Deeds, B, 177, 178), after which her name disappears from the 

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records. Her father, Dirck Jansen Vander Vliet, a soldier, emigrated from Ryle- 
velt, Holland, to New Amsterdam, in the " Spotted Cow," 15 April, 1660 (" Docu- 
mentary History of New York," iii. 37), and his wife Greetje Gerritse followed him. 
with two children, in the same ship, in 1663. (Ibid., 41.) He settled at Flatbush, 
where, 28 March, 1677, he was mentioned in the patent of Governor Andros for that 
part of Flatbush known as the " New Lotts," as Dirck Janse. He was commissioned 
25 October, 1673, ensign of the Amersfort (Flatbush) militia, under Captain Elbert 
Elbertse (Stoothoof) and Lieutenant Roelef Martense (Schenck), being also desig- 
nated as Dirck Janse. ("Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New 
York," ii. 646.) He was a magistrate of Flatbush in 1679, 1680, and 1681, and a 
deacon of the Dutch Church of that town in 1680, and was named in the confirmatory 
patent of Flatbush, by Governor Dongan, under date of 12 November, 1685, as 
Dirck Vander Vliet. (" History of Flatbush," 41-44.) The joint will of himself 
and wife Greetje bears date 15 January, 1679/80, and is of record at Flatbush. 
(Liber A. A., 95.) 

Children of John and Hendrica (Vander Vliet) Nelson: 

1. Maria Nelson", baptized 11 June, 1671. (New York Dutch Church Records.) 

2. Catharine Nelson 2 . (Bergen's " Kings County Settlers.") 

3. Mehitable Nelson 2 , baptized 13 October, 1678. (Brooklyn Dutch Church 

Records.) One of these daughters married Rogers, and had a son, 

Richard Rogers, who is mentioned in the deed of John Nelson to his son 
Polycarpus. 

4. Polycarpus Nelson 2 , born 21 July, 1680; died 19 December, 1738; married 

Ruth Gedney. 

5. Eli Nelson 2 , baptized 14 December, 1684. 

6. Francis Nelson 2 , born circa 1691; died after 13 November, 1750; probably 

married (1) Mary Skinner; (2) Anne . 

Polycarpus Nelson 2 , eldest son of John and Hendrica (Vander Vliet) Nel- 
son, was born, probably on Long Island, and, according to his own deposition 
while serving as constable of Mamaroneck, in 1680. (Westchester Deeds, D.) 
His tombstone, if correctly copied, gives his birth as 21 July, 1680. His life from 
his infancy was spent at Mamaroneck, where he was elected constable, 2 April, 
1712, and overseer of highways, 7 April, 1719. Besides his homestead in Mama- 
roneck, he held lands in Dutchess County purchased from Anthony Rutgers, Jacob 
Goelet, and Charles LeRoy, attorneys for David Jameson and others, and one-half 
of this tract he conveyed, 31 August, 1736, with the consent of his wife Ruth, to 
his brother, Francis Nelson, " of the south part of Dutchess County in ye High- 
lands." (Dutchess County Deeds, I, 276.) His will, executed 3 October, 1737, 
proved 23 March, 1738/9, named the children given below, and constituted his 
brother Francis Nelson, and " brother-in-law" John Gedney, executors, and be- 
queathed to his son Elijah the land in the manor of Scarsdale on which the testator 

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lived: to son Shadrach, house and lands in Mamaroneck, and meadow in Little 
Neck; and to each of his other sons, two hundred acres in the Patent of Nine 
Partners. According to tradition, Polycarpus was killed by one of his workmen 
in his tannery at Mamaroneck, his death occurring 19 December, 1738. The quaint 
stone which marked his grave on " Nelson Hill" is represented in the design in 
the head-piece of this article, and, though removed therefrom, is still in existence. 
He married Ruth Gedney, who survived him. Issue : 

1. Siber Nelson 3 , who married, 31 July, 1736, Isaac Gedney. 

2. Maher-shalal-hash-baz Nelson', under twenty-one years 13 October, 1739, 

when Isaac Gedney was appointed his guardian. (Westchester Deeds, G, 

254-) 

3. Thomas Nelson 3 , who, with the consent of his wife Mary, executed a deed 9 

July, 1766, to James Horton, for land in Mamaroneck, and was then styled 
"of Minneford in the Manor of Pelham." (Mamaroneck Records.) 

4. Enoch Nelson 3 , who, by deed of 28 May, 1754, joined with his brothers above 

in conveying the interest they had to lands in Mamaroneck, formerly their 
father's, to their brother Elijah. (Ibid., A, 9.) 
* 5. Esther Nelson 3 , an infant under twenty-one years, 8 May, 1744, when she 

petitioned for the appointment of Richard Cornell, Jr., as her guardian. 
(Westchester Deeds, G, 348.) 

6. Elijah Nelson. 3 

7. Shadrach Nelson 3 . 

8. Exana Nelson 3 . 

9. Glorianna Nelson 3 . 

10. Ruth Nelson 3 . 

11. Mary Nelson 3 . 

Eli Nelson", second son of John and Hendrica (Vander Vliet) Nelson, was 
baptized 14 December, 1684, and the entry thereof on the Flatbush Dutch Church 
Records reads : " Eli, the child of Jan Elizen and Hendrica daughter of Dirck 
Vander Vliet." In two or three instances the old records have rendered John Nel- 
son, Jan Elizen or Elsen. For some years after reaching maturity Eli Nelson was 
active in the town affairs of Mamaroneck, holding the offices of constable and sur- 
veyor of highways in 1715, tax-collector in 1718, fence-viewer in 1721. and collector 
in 1726. (Mamaroneck Records.) By deed of 6 February, 1739, he conveyed land 
in the manor of Scarsdale to Eleazer Gedney of that place (Westchester Deeds, G, 
327), shortly after which he removed to the Manor of Cortlandt, as on 10 August, 
1741, he, then so described, conveyed land in Mamaroneck to Robert Coles of the 
same town (Mamaroneck Records), and he had before this time sold his orchard, 
and probably other lands in Mamaroneck, to Henry Disbrow. (Westchester Deeds, 
P, 125.) The place and date of his death have not been ascertained, nor the name 
of his wife; and the fragmentary condition of the town, church, and county records 
of the vicinity in which he lived make even his family problematical, but he was 

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without doubt the father of William Nelson, who was elected '* pounder" of Mama- 
roneck, 3 April, 1744, and who was the owner of Nelson's Hill in Mamaroneck, 
which he sold to Absalom Nelson (q.v.). 

Francis Nelson 2 , youngest son of John and Hendrica (Vander Vliet) Nelson, 
was born circa 1691 ; died after 13 November, 1750. Until about 1 May, 1716, he 
resided at Mamaroneck, " the place of rolling stones," but at that time he pur- 
chased, of Colonel Caleb Heathcote, lands in the manor of Scarsdale (Westchester 
Deeds, E, 333), and shortly removed thereto, as is evidenced by the following 
receipt : 

" New York, 30 January, 1 721/2. 
" Rec d from ffrances Nelson Collector of y e Manor of Scarsdale in West 
Chester County fifteen shillings & two pence three farthings, Pursuant to an Act of 
y e General Assembly of the Province Entitled an Act for raising y e sum of five 
hundred pounds for securing y e Indians in His Maj ties Interest payable y e first 
Tuesday in March now next ensuing. I say received by me. 
"£00-15-10^4. A. D. Peyster, JunR 

" Treasurer." 

The town records of Scarsdale are not known to exist, and there is nothing thus 
far obtained to show that Francis Nelson held any town office other than that of 
assessor in 1723. His lands in Scarsdale lay along the old Indian path between 
the North and East River, and it is thus easy to understand that after a time he 
too should follow the steps of the dusky warriors of the past into the land of 
romance and adventure as then embodied in the Highlands of Dutchess County, 
and to this end, by deed of 8 October, 1733, with the consent of his wife Anne, 
he conveyed to William Barker of Mamaroneck, in consideration of £250, all the 
land in Scarsdale he had purchased of Colonel Heathcote. (Ibid., Y, 273, 274.) 
Which land, it may be interesting for his descendants to recall, lay near the Ange- 
vine farm, the residence, nearly a hundred years later, of that wonderful delineator 
of Indian life, James Fenimore Cooper, who here wrote his first literary suc- 
cess, " The Spy." The date of Mr. Nelson's removal from Scarsdale is not known, 
but it had been accomplished by 31 August, 1736, when he is described as " of the 
south part of Dutchess County in y e Highlands," in the deed of his brother Poly- 
carpus Nelson for lands in " the Patent of Greater or Lower Nine Partners upon 
Fishkill." (Dutchess County Deeds, I, 276.) A part of this tract, which con- 
tained six hundred and fifty acres, Francis Nelson conveyed to his son Reuben, 
by deed of 13 November, 1750, which is, however, not of record, and only known 
by a recital in the conveyance of the same land from his grandson Reuben Nelson 
of Fishkill to Francis R. Nelson of Clintonville, 20 June, 1794. (Ibid., xiii. 36, 
37.) Mr. Nelson was one of the first commissioners of roads for that part of 
Dutchess which is now Putman County, as is shown by the following report : 

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" Whereas by an Act of Generall Assembly Passed in the Eleventh Year of his 
now Majesties Reign Entitled an act for the better clearing and further laying out 
public high roads in Dutchess County : by Virtue of the same, We Francis Nelson 
and David Hustis being two of the Commissioners for laying out Roads in the South 
Precinct in said County appointed, have at the request of divers of the inhabitants 
laid out and ascertained the following public high Ways or Road as follows viz : 

" Beginning att Thomas Cercomes house from thence by marked Trees to 
Ephraim Forgeson on Cortlandt's Manor. Another Road Beginning at the farm of 
Eli Nellson, from thence by marked Trees to Nathan Lanes on the Line of Cortlandt, 
thence down the line to the shrub plain — also one Road Beginning at the West 
Branch of Croton River at a Bridge — from thence by marked Trees down to Joseph 
Traveris — thence running down the Division Line through the still water to said 
Forgusons — One other Road beginning at the deep brook or Roge Rill — from thence 
by marked Trees through pussapanum — thence to Daton's Hills : also one other 
Road Beginning at Hendrick Brewers at pussapanum by marked Trees to Daton's 
Hills ; One other Road Beginning at Sibet Cronkhyt at ye Indian Road beginning 
at Joseph Jaycocks — from thence by marked Trees to the Kings Road at Joseph 
Areles : one other Road Beginning below Pussattanun at Joseph Cronkhydt house 
by marked Trees to Datons Mill. Performed by us said Commissioners the Twenty- 
eighth day of April in the Seventeenth year of his Majesties Reign Anno que 
Domini 1744 

'* David Husties 
" Francis Nelson 
" Dutchess" 

In 1747 Francis Nelson's name disappears from the tax list of the South Ward 
of Dutchess County, and in 1750 it last appears on the county records. After this 
date neither his hearth-stone nor grave can be located. 

There is a strong tradition, current in all branches of the descendants of 
Francis Nelson, that his wife was Mary Skinner, and it may be so, but on 8 October, 
I 733> if the instrument be correctly entered on the county records, his wife was 
Anne. Issue: 

1. Reuben Nelson 3 , married Elizabeth . He was surveyor of highways and 

fence-viewer of Charlotte Precinct, in Dutchess County, in 1763. His will, 
dated 30 April, 1776, was proved 22 October, 1785. (New York Calendar 
of Wills.) It named wife above, sons Francis and Reuben R. ; daughters 
Zeba, wife of Smith Rowland ; Susanna, wife of Henry Neely ; Mary Ann, 
and Elizabeth. The Records of Rombout Presbyterian Church give the 
following baptisms of his children: Francis, 6 May, 1750. Susanna, 30 
August, 1752. Mary, 16 June, 1754. Of this line, Cortez Nelson, of New 
York City, has an almost complete history, he being descended therefrom. 

2. John Nelson 3 , born probably at Mamaroneck about 1718/19; married (1). 

25 December, 1739, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Davenport, of Philips 

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Precinct, Dutchess County (Fishkill Dutch Church Records) ; (2) Rebecca 
Schot. The last marriage entry reads : " John Nelson, widower of Eliza- 
beth Davenport, married, 12 November, 1748, Rebecca Schot, a young 
woman, he born in Westchester County, she in Dutchess." (Rhinebeck 
Dutch Church Records.) He served on the Grand Jury of Dutchess County 
in May, 1746, was overseer in Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, 
4 April, 1749, and he was one of the executors named in the will of his 
father-in-law, Thomas Davenport, which bears date 10 October, 1746. He 
died in February, 1796. By his first marriage he had: 1. Thomas Nelson, 
born 17 March, 1744; died 1825; married (1), 1769, Sarah Wright; (2) 
Mary Thompson, widow of Major Nathaniel Delavan. 2. Elizabeth Nelson, 
born 1747; died 2 October, 1787; married, 1765, Ashael Armstrong, and 
had four sons and seven daughters. By his second marriage he had : 3. 
Anna Nelson, baptized 8 July, 1750 (Rombout Presbyterian Church Rec- 
ords) ; married Thomas Barker. 4. William Nelson, baptized 30 August, 

1752; removed to Nova Scotia. 5. Francis Nelson, married Wright; 

died circa 1800. 6. John Nelson, married Sarah Reed ; died at Hyde Park, 
circa 1799. The Rev. Richard Henry Nelson, rector of St. Peter's Church, 
Philadelphia, descends from the eldest son, as does Judge Thomas Nelson, 
of New York City, who has a full record of this line. 

Theophilus Nelson 5 , born probably at Scarsdale, about 1723/24; married (1), 
9 June, 1745, Mary Alltin (Fishkill Dutch Church Records) ; (2), 12 July, 
1764, Mary Rose. (New York Marriage Licenses.) He was appointed 
" Path-Master" of Crumb Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, 6 April, 1773, 
from Captain De Witt's mills south along the Crumb Elbow Road to the 
Post Road to Schralenburgh Landing, and in 1774 from near Nelson's saw- 
mill, along Crumb Elbow Creek, south to the road that leads to the Land- 
ing. His will, dated 31 October, 1785, which was proved 3 February, 1787, 
styled him of Charlotte Precinct. His legatees were wife Mary, children 
Stephen, Joshua, Sarah, wife of Gilbert Williams, Junr., Mary. Charles, 
Theophilus, David, George, and Catherine. 

Mephiboseth Nelson 3 , was chosen constable of Crum Elbow, Dutchess County, 
6 April, 1756. His will bears date 20 September, 1770, and was proved 
18 February, 1795. (Dutchess County Wills. A, 143.) It named wife 
Miriam and children Christiana, Roger, Caleb, Gilbert, Justis, Mary, 
Ann, and Lucretia. His daughter Christiana was born 20 October, 
1755, and baptized 20 January, 1758 (Rombout Presbyterian Church 
Records). 

Major Joshua Nelson 3 , born 18 September, 1726, probably at Scarsdale; died 
at Philipstown, 14 December, 181 7 (Gravestone at St. Philip's, Garrison) ; 
married, 3 January, 1754, Sarah, daughter of Jacob Mandeville, born 7 
November, 1736; died 16 August, 1823. He was chosen, 6 May, 1776, by 
the Committee of Safety for Dutchess County, second major of one of 

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the regiments of that county. His children * were : i. Martha Nelson, 
born 26 March, 1756; baptized 21 January, 1758 (Rombout Presbyterian 
Church Records). 2. Sarah Nelson, baptized 9 February, 1764; married, 
13 June, 1782, Benjamin Welles, M.D., born at Stamford, Connecticut, 22 
November, 1756; died at Wayne, Steuben County, New York, 19 April, 
1813 ; was graduated at Yale in 1775, and served in the Revolution as 
commissary and surgeon. Mrs. Welles died at Wayne, in January, i858.t 
3. Jacob Nelson, born 1761 ; died at Philipstown, 14 April, 1812; married 

(1) Hannah , who died 16 February, 1795, aged thirty-four years; 

(2) Sarah , who survived him.J 4. John Nelson, born 23 April, 1766. 

5. Jane Nelson, born 22, June, 1769; died 12 February, 1828; married, 
9 June, 1785, Harry Garrison, § of Philipstown. 6. John Nelson. 

Captain Caleb Nelson 3 , was assessor and overseer of Philipstown, in 1772/73, 
and " pound-master on the River," at the same date, and he was chosen by 
John Rogers, of Philipstown, as executor of his will, 5 November, 1776, 
being then styled " Captain." His will describes him as of Philipstown, 
and as " weak of body." It bears date 10 February, 1796, and names wife 
Phebe, and children Phineas, Joshua, Jemima Meeks (to whom he gave a 
set of curtains that were her mother's), Mary Lounsbury, and Susanna 
Nelson. He married (1), 26 February, 1761, Esther Haight (Rombout 

Church Records). His second wife was Phebe, widow of Baxter, a 

Tory, who went to Nova Scotia in 1783, and soon after died, when his 
widow returned with her three children. Of his children, Phineas was 



* There may have been others. 

t Among the descendants of Joshua Nelson in this line may be mentioned George 
Welles McClure, a graduate of West Point, and cavalry officer, who died while on 
the expedition against the Pawnee Indians, under General Atkinson, in the Black 
Hawk War; and Judge Henry Welles, for twenty-one years judge of the Supreme 
Court of New York, 1847-1868. (See New Genealogical and Biographical Record, 
vi. 80-83.) 

t The children of Jacob Nelson of Philipstown were: 1. Cornelius M. Nelson, 
born 25 December, 1780; married Charity Jaycoxs. 2. Samuel C. Nelson, born 1782; 
died 12 September, 1833; married Ellen Tompkins. 3. Jacob M. Nelson, married 
Maria Andrus, and removed to Poughkeepsie. 4. Joshua Nelson, married Eliza- 
beth Nelson. 5. Hannah Nelson, married John Grenzebeck, and removed to New 
York City. 6. Sarah Nelson, married Stephen Pardee. 7. James M. Nelson, married 
Camilla Hyatt, and removed to New York City. 8. Eliza Nelson, married Lewis 
Constant, son of St. John Constant, by his wife Jane Hyatt, born 26 May, 1793; died 
13 August, 1868. They resided at Caldwell's Landing, New York, and had a large 
family. See Journal, note 251. 
? See Journal, note 215. 

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baptized 9 February, 1764; Jemima, was born 13 February, 1764, and 
Daniel, 5 October, 1766. 

7. Mary Nelson*. 

8. Anne Nelson 3 . 

9. Frances Nelson 3 . 

10. Christina Nelson 3 . 

11. Catharine Nelson 5 . 

12. Charity Nelson 3 . 

13. Lucretia Nelson 3 . 

14. Justus Nelson 3 . 

Justus Nelson 3 was the seventh and youngest son of Francis Nelson, and 
certainly by wife Anne, and one of the Nelsons mentioned in the Journal. He was 
born 21 February, 1737, probably in the Highlands. His house was in Philipstown, 
Dutchess (now Putman) County. He was on the list of taxables for the Southern 
District in 1771-1778, and he held various of the town offices during these years. By 
deed of 20 October, 1784, he purchased from Roger Morris " All that certain tract 
of land in Philips precinct in Dutchess County, being part of a marsh or meadow 
late of Roger Morris, lying near Constitution Island so called, and being bounded 
as follows : Beginning at the most southerly corner on the mire ditch so called and 
runs along the same north forty-six degrees west thirteen chains nine links to the 
south corner of a lott sold to Matthew Snook, then along his line north, fifty-four 
degrees forty-five minutes east seventeen chains twenty links to the line of lott 
belonging to Charity Hustis, then along said line south thirty-seven degrees east 
two chains ninety-four links to a creek, then southerly along said creek as it runs to 
the place of beginning." (Dutchess County Deeds, 2, 132.) He died intestate in 
1803. on the anniversary of his birth, 21 February, and is buried in a marked grave in 
the beautiful church-yard of St. Philip's, at Garrisons-on-Hudson. His estate was 
administered upon by his son Cornelius Nelson and his son-in-law John Warren, 
both of Philipstown, 1 March, 1803. (Dutchess County Administrations, B, 211.) 
He married (1), about 1756, Mary, daughter of Joseph Haight * by his wife Hannah 



* Simon Hoyt 2 , son of John and Ruth Hoyt, was born at Dorchester, England, 
20 January, 1590, and married in the parish church of Upway, Dorsetshire, 2 Decem- 
ber, 1612, to Deborah, daughter of Walter Stowers, born in Dorchester, 1 May, and 
baptized at Upway, 5 June, 1593. In 1628 or 1629 Simon Hoyt, accompanied by his 
family, brother-in-law Nicholas Stowers, and the Spragues, who also were of Upway 
in Dorset, arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, and in the latter year went to Charles- 
town. In 1630 he was of Dorchester, in 1635 of Scituate, in 1639 of Windsor, Con- 
necticut, and some time between 1649 and 1657 he removed to Stamford, where he 
died, 1 September, 1657. The date of death of his wife Deborah is not known. He 
married (2) Susanna , who survived him and married Bates. By his wife 

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Wright, born circa 1739/40; died circa December, 1775. She was probably buried 
at St. Philip's and her tombstone destroyed during the building of the new church 
some years ago. His first eight children are by the first wife. He married (2) 
Phebe, the widow of Nicholas Budd, and daughter of Elisha Covert, of Cortlandt 
Manor, born 7 November, 1743; died 4 June, 1819. Issue: 



Deborah Stowers he had the following children, whose births and baptisms were 
taken from the records of the parish church of Upway by J. Cornelius Haight, of 
Fishkill, New York: 

1. John Hoyt 3 , born 12 March, 1614. 

2. Walter Hoyt 3 , born 9 June, 1616. 

3. Thomas Hoyt 3 , born 20 September, 1618; died at Stamford, Connecticut, 9 

September, 1656. 

4. Deborah Hoyt 3 , born 9 August, 1620; died 3 June, 1628. 

5. Nicholas Hoyt 3 , born 10 November, 1622. 

6. Ruth Hoyt 3 , born 2 January, 1625; died 9 May, 1627. 

His children by second wife Susanna were : 

7. Moses Hoyt 3 . 

8. Joshua Hoyt 3 . 

9. Samuel Hoyt 3 . 

10. Benjamin Hoyt 3 . 

11. A daughter, who married Thomas Lyon. 

12. A daughter, who married Samuel Finch. 

13. A daughter, who married Samuel Firman. 

John Hoyt 3 , eldest son of Simon and Deborah (Stowers) Hoyt, was born at 
Dorchester, England, 12 March, 1614, and accompanied his parents to Massachusetts, 
and thence to Connecticut. He was one of the patentees of East Chester in 1666. 
and at the meeting of the " Commanders and Hon b,e Council of War. holden on the 
30th f August, 1673," ne was elected magistrate of that town. Shortly after this he 
removed to Rye, where he died in September, 1684. His will, dated 29 August. 1684. 
named youngest sons John and Simon, and daughters Mary Brown and Rachel 
Norton. He also had a son Samuel. He married, before 14 October, 1658, Mary, 
the widow of Francis Purdy, of Fairfield, Connecticut, who may have been a second 
wife. 

John Hoyt 4 , son of John and Mary Hoyt, was born about 1664, possibly a little 
later, as he was not of age at the making of his father's will, but had attained his 
majority before November, 1687. He was town clerk, or recorder, for Rye in 1696. 
and he is probably the Ensign Haight who was fence-viewer in 1705, supervisor in 
171 1, 1717, and 1719, justice of the peace, and otherwise prominent in town affairs. 
His will bears date 10 February, 1722/23, and names wife Elizabeth and children 
John, Samuel, Jonathan, Joseph, Elizabeth, Eunice, and Mary. He married Eliza- 
beth Sherwood, of Rye. 

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Cornelius Nelson 4 , born 25 February, 1758; died 3 January, 1841 ; married 
Chloe, daughter of Nicholas Budd by his wife Phebe Covert, born 28 June, 
1766; died 28 February, 1842. 

Frances Nelson 4 , born 7 August, 1759; died 25 May, 1820; married Matthew 
Snook. 



^ Joseph Haight 5 , youngest son of John and Elizabeth (Sherwood) Hoyt, was 
born about 1691. He resided at Rye, where, in 1737, he sold to James Wetmore the 
farm in Budd Neck Purchase bequeathed to him by the will of his father, and his 
wife Sarah joined in the deed. He executed his will 12 January, 1748, and it was 
proved on the 30th of the same month. His children named therein were Henry, 
Cornelius, Joseph, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah, and Philena. His wife Sarah was not 
mentioned. 

Joseph Haight 6 , youngest son of Joseph and Sarah Haight, was born, prob- 
ably at Rye, from whence he removed to Philipstown, Dutchess County, where he 
was a taxable in 1772-75. He is said to have died of smallpox during the Revo- 
lution, and his wife as well ; and one of his name did die of this disease, 12 
January, 1779, while on a visit to Hempstead, Long Island. He married Hannah, 
daughter of Captain Daniel Wright, of the Manor of Cortlandt. His children were : 

1. Daniel Haight 7 , born 1732; died 4 September, 1812; married Martha Fowler. 

who died 1 April, 1822. Both are buried in St. Philip's graveyard at Gar- 
risons-on-Hudson. He kept the public house on the cross-road leading to 
the Peekskill and Cold Spring turnpike in Philipstown, and here Washing- 
ton was in the habit of refreshing himself and suite in passing to and from 
Continental Village on the east. Mr. Haight used to say that he never 
knew the commander-in-chief to commence a conversation, unless he desired 
something brought to him. Calling at the house one day, as he entered 
the servant-maid ran up-stairs, and when half-way up fell. Washington 
broke into a hearty laugh and, turning, said to his host, " It is the first 
time I ever saw a person fall up-stairs." Mr. Haight referred to this as the 
first and only time he saw the great general laugh. (Blake's History of 
Putnam County.) 

2. William Haight 7 , married Jane Garrison. 

3. Esther Haight 7 , married John Knapp. 

4. Phebe Haight 7 , twin of Esther, married Colonel Zebulon Butler, of the Revo- 

lutionary army, and died in Pennsylvania. 
"> 5. Mary Haight 7 , born 1739/40; died about December, 1775; married, as first 
wife, Justus Nelson. 
6. John Haight 7 , born 18 August, 1742; died at Philipstown. 18 July, 1836. He 
was appointed, 28 May, 1778, captain in Colonel Henry Luddington's regi- 
ment of Dutchess County militia. He was a member of the New York 
Legislature of 1807-08, associate justice of Putnam County in 1813, and 
judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Putnam County in 1820. He was 

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3. Hannah Nelson 4 , married Abraham Garrison ; removed to Pittsburg. Pennsyl- 

vania. 

4. Joseph Nelson*, born 3 April, 1767; died 11 August, 1858; married, 7 June, 

1792. Rachel, daughter of Smith William Jones,, of Cortlandtown, born 20 
July, 1771; died 11 August, 1838. 

5. Sarah Nelson 4 , born 1 January, 1767; died 2 November, 1833; married Cap- 

tain John Warren, of Cold Spring. (See Warren family.) In the births 
of Joseph and Sarah Nelson the record in the family Bible differs from 
that on their tombstones ; in the first the year is 1767, and in the latter 
1766. 

6. Sylvanus Nelson 4 , born 16 March, 1769; died, unmarried, 11 July, 1793. 

7. Catharine Nelson 4 , born 14 November, 1773 ; died 21 November, 1815 ; mar- 

ried Peter Warren, the brother of John Warren above. 

8. Mephiboseth Nelson 4 , born 1 December, 1775; died 29 March. 1830; married 

Elizabeth Baxter. 

9. Elisha Nelson 4 , born 26 May, 1777; died 15 April. 1852; married, 22 Decem- 

ber, 1804, Frances, daughter of Isaac Davenport. 

10. Nicholas Nelson 4 , married (1) Mary, daughter of Captain John Haight ; (2) 

Hannah Vermilyea. 

11. Justus Nelson 4 , born 17 March, 1780; died 17 December. 1851 ; married 

Letitia, daughter of Joshua Horton. born 2T, February. 1788; died 23 
January, 1868. 

12. James C. Nelson 4 , born 10 July, 1784; died 6 October, 1863; married Sarah. 

daughter of Thaddeus Baxter, born 22 August, 1803 : died 29 January. 1854. 



also a ruling elder for forty years of the Old Presbyterian Church of 
Brinckerhoff. He married, 20 March, 1770, Miriam Swim, at the house of 
Colonel Beverly Robinson, the same from which Benedict Arnold made his 
flight. She was born 25 December, 1749, and died 21 March, 1842. Issue: 
1. James, born 21 December, 1770; died 8 September, 1845. 2. Cornelius, 
born 25 July, 1772. 3. Joseph, born 17 May, 1774. 4. Sylvanus, born 22 July, 
1776; died 1864. 5. John, born 22 January, 1779. 6. Henry, born 7 Decem- 
ber, 1782; died 1 December, 1835. 7. Mary, born 7 April, 1787. 8. Stephen, 
born 16 July, 1789. 9. Jacob, born 10 March, 1790. 10. Hannah, born 20 
November, 1793; died 17 November, 1886. (Family Bible record.) 

7. Joseph Haight 7 , removed to New York City. 

8. Martha Haight 7 , married (1) John McKeel ; (2) Baxter. 

9. Sylvanus Haight 7 , married Martha Nelson ; died in Troy, New York. 

10. Stephen Haight 7 , died in Ithica, New York. 

11. Beverly Haight 7 , married, 4 February, 1789, Charity Heustis ; removed to 

Western New York. 

12. Hannah Haight 7 . 

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Mephiboseth Nelson 4 , youngest child of Justus Nelson by his wife Mary 
Haight, born i December, 1775; died 29 March, 1830; married, 8 December, 1798, 
Elizabeth Baxter, born 22 April, 1777; died 5 April, 1828. Her parents went to 
Nova Scotia with the refugees after the Revolution, where Mr. Baxter died. His 
widow Phebe returned to New York with her three children, and became the second 
wife of Captain Caleb Nelson. Mephiboseth Nelson was a millwright and left the 
impress of his handiwork upon many of the pioneer industries of his day, notable 
among which were the Arden and Philipse Mills, the Bunnell Forge, and the motive 
power that gave the first pulsations of life to the West Point Foundry. His early 
religious inclinations were Episcopalian, but later, when Mathias came on his mis- 
sion proclaiming Methodism through the Highlands, he was one of the first to open 
his house for services, and the most of his family cast their lot and influence with 
the new denomination. Issue : 

1. Phebe Nelson 5 , born 22 December, 1799; died 12 January, 1800. 

2. Mary Nelson , born 11 April, 1801 ; died 19 July, 1870; married, 20 January, 

1820, Henry Croft, born at Continentalville, New York, 3 August, 1793; 
died 8 August, 1857 ; son of James Croft, a Revolutionary soldier. Had 
sixteen children. 

3. Katharine Nelson 5 , born 8 October, 1802 ; died 10 April, 1825. 

4. Warren Nelson 5 , born 2 September, 1804; died 16 November, 1870; married 

(1), 11 October, 1823, Sarah, daughter of John O. Bryant and Hannah 
Horton, born 13 May, 1804; died 27 April, 1850; married (2), 5 December, 
1850, Catharine_ Turner, born in England, 24 March, 1820 ; died 10 Febru- 
ary, 1899. Had seven children by the first wife and five by the second. 

5. Phebe Nelson 5 , born 25 June, 1807; died 9 April, 1842; married, 24 Sep- 

tember, 1837, Joseph, son of Joseph Haight by his wife Catharine Croft. 
Had three children. 

6. Justus Nelson 6 , born 17 August, 1809; died 13 March, 1876; married, 13 

October, 1836, Sarah, daughter of Justus Nelson by his wife Letitia Horton. 
Issue : 

1. Elizabeth Nelson , born 11 March, 1839; married, 2 October, 1872, 

William John, son of John Warren by his wife Matilda Ireland. 

2. James Nelson 6 , born 19 April, 1840 ; married, 21 August, 1883, Esther 

A., daughter of Gilbert Forman by his wife Catharine Denney, 
born 1 April, 1856, by whom he has one son, James Homer 7 , born 
17 September, 1884. By patient effort Mr. James Nelson, who 
resides on the old Warren homestead, transferred by John H. 
Brinkerhoff to Justus Nelson, and by him devised to his son, 
has accumulated a quantity of valuable family and local data, and 
those interested in Putnam County families owe him a debt of 
gratitude. He for years carefully searched every record he could 
find relating to the early history of the North Highlands, inves- 
tigated traditions, preserving all he could in any way verify as 
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facts, and calling attention to accepted stories unsupported by 
proofs in the public records or graveyards. He has proved himself 
a genealogist of great reliability, shown cleverness and ability in 
patient search after slight clues, and most generous in giving the 
benefit of his research to all inquiries ; and too much cannot be 
said in appreciation of his aid to those who have collected the 
material for these notes. 

3. Isaac Nelson , born 7 October, 1841 ; died 8 March, 1844. 

4. Mary Nelson , born 20 October, 1844; married, 12 February, 1881, 

William H., son of Henry and Jane (Mekeel) Haight. 

5. Sarah Nelson 6 , born 17 February, 1847 ; married, 30 October, 1877, 

Dr. James Henry Forman, son of Gilbert and Catharine (Denny) 
Forman. 

7. Cornelius Nelson 5 , born 15 May, 1811; died 12 December, 1893; married (1), 

6 January, 1832, Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Meeks, born 7 October, 1809; 
(2) Mrs. Melissa Mearns, who died 10 May, 1878. Had ten children by 
first wife and one son by second wife. 

8. Eliza Nelson 6 , born 17 May, 1813; died 13 February, 1894; married, 20 April, 

1842, Leslie Sanders Sims, born 10 May, 1813 ; died 6 October, 1844. Had 
three children. 

9. Jacob Kemble Nelson 5 , born 22 May, 1819: died 24 July, 1887; married, 27 

October, 1840, Catharine J., daughter of John Low. She died 28 September, 
1887. Had three children. 

Absalom Nelson 4 , probably son of William Nelson, of Mamaroneck, grandson 
of Eli Nelson and great-grandson of John and Hendrica (Vander Vliet) Nelson, 
was born in 1752, and doubtless at Mamaroneck. Just when he took residence in the 
Highlands of Dutchess (now Putnam) County, is not clear, but certainly before the 
Revolution, during which period he served in the Sixth and Seventh Regiments of 
Dutchess County militia, as did many of his Nelson kin and name, and he appears 
on the list of taxables for the " Southern District" of that county in 1778/79. On 
19 June, 1784, he, then described as of the manor of Philipsburg, conveyed to Isaac 
Gedney, of Mamaroneck, land in Mamaroneck known as Nelson's Hill, and to which 
his wife Esther released her right of dower. (Westchester Co. Deeds, J, 268.) 

He married, before 5 November, 1776, Esther (Rogers) Warren, the widow of 
Samuel Warren, of the Highlands (see Notes. on the Warren Family), and daughter 
of John Rogers, also of the Highlands, by his wife Hester Verveelen. She was at 
the time of her second marriage doubtless living at Peekskill, whither she had 
removed, with her family of children, shortly after Mr. Warren's death. Under the 
will of her father, John Rogers, which bore date 5 November, 1776, Mrs. Nelson 
received certain lands in Dutchess County, which, with the other heirs, she con- 
veyed by deed of 8 February, 1777, her then husband, Absalom Nelson, being a party 
thereto. (Dutchess County Deeds, xiv. 400, 401.) 

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Absalom Nelson and his wife later returned to the Warren homestead in the 
Highlands, which in Erskine's military map of 1781 is marked as " Nelson's Tavern," 
but which Mrs. Livingston described, in a letter of 12 July, 1766, to her husband, 
Judge Livingston, as " Warren's," and here Mrs. Nelson died. 

Mr. Nelson married (2) Sarah Teed, who survived him and married, for second 
husband, Samuel Storm. She died 12 August, 1852, aged sixty-eight years and 
twenty days. 

In his will of 28 November, 1817, Mr. Nelson is described as of Greenburg. His 
legatees were wife Sally, to whom he bequeathed lands in Oneida County, in lieu of 
dower, and the sons named below. His tombstone in the cemetery at White Plains 
reads: "In Memory of Absalom Nelson, who departed this life 12 December, 1817, 
in the sixty-fifth year of his age. This monument is erected to his memory by his 
disconsolate widow. His conjugal love was pure, his parental strong, his affection 
for his friends warm, generous without ostentation, hospitable without vanity. As 
a tender husband, a kind parent and a sincere friend never will his memory be 
forgotten." 

Child of Absalom Nelson by his wife Esther Rogers : 

William Nelson 5 , born, according to his tombstone, 2 March, 1776, but according 
to the Warren Bible, 1 May, 1778; died 2 March, 1839; married Catharine, 
daughter of General William Green, by his wife Martha Archer, born 21 
January, 1785; died 27 January, 1861. Issue: 

1. Martha Ann Nelson 6 , born 10 March, 1804; died 20 May, 1879; mar- 

ried (1) Gilbert Bedell, of Somers; (2) Israel Green. 

2. Sally Nelson 6 , married Henry Waters. 

3. Esther Warren Nelson 6 , born 8 November, 1808 ; died 1 May, 1883 ; 

married Henry M. Todd, of Somers. 

4. Henry Green Nelson 6 , born 9 June, 1812; died 18 January, i860; 

married Purdy Sailes. 

Children of Absalom and Sally (Teed) Nelson: 

1. Absalom D. Nelson 5 , of Greenburg, New York. 

2. Oscar G. Nelson 5 . 



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H »'■'*•' "i!^""'" «tr'. '...-«'■•-'•-• ".!' ,v: ''. tT, '""' H VAH CORTLANDT"MANOS HO 



CORTLANDT MANOR. HOUSE 



Zhe Dan Cortlanfct jfamity 







k LOFF STEVENSEN VAN CORTLANDT 1 , the founder of the family of 
that surname in America, was a native of South Holland, and was a son 
of Steven and Catharine Van Cortlandt. His father was living in 1610, 
and his mother died in 1630, aged sixty-four years. 

The son became an officer in the service of the West India Company, and in 
1637 he sailed from Holland, in the ship " Haring" (the Herring), with Director- 
General William Kieft. The ship wintered in Bermuda, and reached New Am- 
sterdam (now New York) 28 March, 1638. Shortly after Van Cortlandt arrived 
there he was given a position in the company's service, and from that time until his 
death he was almost constantly in public employment. In 1639 he was appointed 
"commissary of cargoes," or "custom's officer," and in 1643 keeper of the public 
stores of the West India Company, which position he resigned in 1648, when he was 
made a freeman of New Amsterdam, and entered upon the business of a merchant 
and brewer, in which he was successful, becoming one of the wealthiest men in 
that city. 

In 1645 Mr. Van Cortlandt was one of the " Eight Men," a representative board 
elected by the people. In 1649 he was chosen colonel of the Burgher Guard, and 
during the same year he became a member of the noted board of " Nine Men," 
which board replaced the " Eight Men," and exercised large governmental powers 
in the affairs of New Amsterdam and other jurisdictions. In 1650 he was president 
of the board, and on 28 January, 1654, he was appointed by Governor Stuyvesant 
one of the Schepens of New Amsterdam, and at the organization of the Court of 
Burgomasters and Schepens, 9 February following, he took his seat in that Court. 
On 16 June, the same year, he was appointed paymaster of the moneys ordered to be 
raised for the defence of the city. On 2 February, 1655, he was appointed one of 

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the two burgomasters of New Amsterdam, and retained the office until 2 February, 
1657. He was reappointed 2 February, 1658, and served until 2 February, 1661, being 
reappointed 2 February, 1662, and serving until 2 February, 1664. From official 
records it is learned that he was the treasurer of New Amsterdam during the same 
year, but the date of his appointment is not known. 

Upon the capture of New Netherlands by the English, in 1664, he was appointed 
by Governor Stuyvesant one of the commissioners to negotiate the terms of sur- 
render, and was active in the settlement. On 2 February, 1665, he was again chosen 
burgomaster, and as such took the oath of allegiance to the King of England. In 
June of that year Governor Richard Nicolls abolished the Dutch form of govern- 
ment for the city of New Amsterdam, and established an English municipality, — 
that of mayor, aldermen, and sheriff. Thomas Willett was appointed mayor, and Mr. 
Van Cortlandt one of the aldermen, which position he retained until August, 1668, 
being re-chosen for one year in October, 1670. On several occasions, during the time 
he was alderman, he was acting-mayor of the city, and in the minutes of the City 
Court he is styled " Deputy Mayor." 

Mr. Van Cortlandt was also engaged in several temporary public matters, as a 
councillor and commissioner during the administration of Stuyvesant, notably in the 
Connecticut boundary matter in 1663, and the settlement of Captain John Scott's 
claim to Long Island in 1664. He served in similar capacities under the first English 
governors, Nicolls, Lovelace, and Dongan, and in 1673, was chosen the trustee to 
settle Lovelace's estate. 

Mr. Van Cortlandt is frequently mentioned in the public records of his day, 
sometimes as Oloff Stevensen, and at others as Oloff Stevense, but he signed him- 
self Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt. He died at New York, 4 April, 1684, having 
married, 26 February, 1642, Annetje, sister of Govert Loockermans, Esq., who filled 
some of the highest offices in the colony, and was at his death probably the richest 
man in New York. Mrs. Van Cortlandt died 4 May, 1684. Issue : 

1. Stephen (Stephanus) Van Cortlandt 2 , born 7 May, 1643; died 25 November, 

1700; married Gertrude Schuyler. 

2. Maria Van Cortlandt 2 , born 30 July, 1645; died 29 January, 1689; married 

Colonel Jeremias Van Rensselaer, second son of Killian Van Rensselaer, 
the ancestor of the noted New York family of that surname. Colonel Van 
Rensselaer died 12 October, 1674, and in 1658 he succeeded his brother, John 
Baptist Van Rensselaer, as director of the colony of Rensselaerwyck. 

3. John (Johannes) Van Cortlandt 2 , born 11 October, 1648; died without issue. 

4. Sophia Van Cortlandt"', born 31 May, 1651 ; married, 6 May, 1671, Andries 

Teller, Esq.* 

5. Catharine Van Cortlandt 2 , born 25 October, 1652 ; married ( 1 ) John Der- 



* He was a prominent merchant at Albany, and later at New York City, and was 
for many years a magistrate at Albany, where his father, William Teller, was also a 
merchant and a prominent citizen. 

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vail, Esq., a prominent New York merchant; (2), as second wife, Colonel 
Frederick Philipse, the first lord of the manor of Philipsburg. 

6. Cornelia Van Cortlandt 2 , born 21 November, 1655 ; married, as first wife, 

12 July, 1682, Captain Brandt Schuyler, son of Captain Philip Pieterse 
Schuyler, of Albany, New York. 

7. Jacobus Van Cortlandt 2 , born 7 July, 1658; married (license issued 7 May, 

1691) Eva de Vries, step-daughter of Frederick Philipse. Jacobus Van 
Cortlandt was the ancestor of the Yonkers branch of the Van Cortlandt 
family, now extinct in the male line, but represented by August Van Cort- 
landt in the female line. He was for some years a member of the Assembly, 
colonel of militia, and mayor of New York. 

Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt 2 , eldest son of Oloff Stevensen Van Cort- 
landt, was born in Brouwer (now Stone) Street, New York, 7 May, 1643, an d died 
there, 25 November, 1700. He was one of the most eminent men of his time in New 
York, and served, at one time or another, in almost every prominent office in the 
province, except the governorship. One writer says of him, " Van Cortlandt' s career 
was, perhaps, the most brilliant and varied, in the fifty-seven years it occupied, of 
any inhabitant of New York in the seventeenth century." * He received the best 
education the time afforded, and became a merchant by occupation, but early engaged 
in public life. 

He was appointed an ensign of militia in 1668, subsequently became captain, and, 
as such, was ordered by Governor Dongan to raise a troop of horse in Kings County, 
which he commanded, and as early as 1692 he became colonel of the Kings County 
regiment of militia, and commanded the same until his death. In 1677, at the early 
age of thirty-four, he was chosen mayor of New York, being the first native of the 
province to fill that office. He was several times re-chosen to the mayoralty. In 
1681, when, by the Duke of York's commands and instructions to Governor Dongan, 
a governor's council was established in New York, Stephanus Van Cortlandt and 
Frederick Philipse were named by the duke therein as councillors, and Van Cort- 
landt's name was continued in each of the commissions by all the succeeding 
governors down to and including Bellamont's, in 1697, and he continued in the 
office until his death. In 1678 he was commissioned first judge of the Admiralty; 
in 1686, commissioner of the revenue; and in 1687 he was appointed, by the King's 
auditor-general in England, deputy auditor in New York. The following year he 
became secretary of the province, and on 15 May, 1691, a justice of the Supreme 
Court. On 17 June, 1695, he was appointed by Governor Fletcher a commissioner 
to report the form of a commission for holding courts of judicature, and 12 Sep- 
tember, 1696, was made keeper of the great seal of the province " during the 
governor's absence in Albany," and on 7 June. 1698, receiver-general and collector. 



* Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, vi. 236. 
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Early in 1700 he was commissioned chief justice, and was serving as such at his 
death. As a member of the governor's council he was present at all the treaties and 
conferences with the Indians, and was noted for his influence with the latter. 
" Equally esteemed and confided in by the governments of James as duke and king, 
and by William and Mary, in the troublous times in which he lived, and sustained 
by all the governors, even though, as in Bellamont's case, they did not like him 
personally, no greater proof could be adduced of his ability, skill, and integrity." * 

In 1677 Colonel Van Cortlandt purchased from the Indians a large landed estate, 
which was erected into the manor of Cortlandt by patent of William III., 17 June, 
1697, of which he was the first and only lord. 

Colonel Van Cortlandt married, at Albany, 3 October, 1671, Gertrude Schuyler, 
sister of his brother-in-law, Captain Brandt Schuyler, and daughter of Captain 
Philip Pieterse Schuyler by his wife Margaretta Van Slichtenhorst.f Their 
daughters were known as " the seven beautiful Misses Van Cortlandt." Issue : 

1. Johannes Van Cortlandt 3 , born 24 October, 1672; married, in 1695, Anna 

Maria Van Schaick, daughter of Captain Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick, 
of Albany, and left one child, Gertrude, who married Philip Verplanck, Esq. 
Her portion of the manor of Cortlandt is now known as Verplanck's Point. 

2. Margaret Van Cortlandt 3 , born 12 August, 1674 ; married, 12 March, 1696, 

Colonel Samuel Bayard, only son of Honorable Nicholas Bayard. 

3. Anne Van Cortlandt 3 , born 12 February, 1676; married, 23 January, 1700, 

Stephen De Lancey, Esq., the first of the name in America. 

4. Oliver Van Cortlandt 3 , born 26 October, 1678; died unmarried in 1708. 

5. Maria Van Cortlandt 3 , born 4 April, 1680; married (1), 15 October, 1701, 

Colonel Killiam Van Rensselaer, born 1662; died 1719; fourth patroon of 
the manor of Rensselaerwyck, colonel of the militia, and member of the 
governor's council. She married (2) John Miln. 

6. Gertrude Van Cortlandt 3 , born January, 1681. 

r 7. Philip Van Cortlandt 3 , born 9 August, 1683; died 21 August, 1746; married 
Catharine De Peyster. 

8. Gertrude Van Cortlandt 3 , born 10 October, 1688; married, in 1726, as second 

wife, Colonel Henry Beekman. 

9. Gysbert Van Cortlandt 3 , born in 1689; died unmarried. 
10. Elizabeth Van Cortlandt 3 , born 1691 ; died young. 

n. Elizabeth Van Cortlandt 3 , born 24 May, 1694; married the Reverend William 
Skinner, the first rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Perth Amboy, 
New Jersey. Their eldest son, Cortlandt Skinner, was attorney-general of 
New Jersey at the outbreak of the Revolution, and the second son, William 
Skinner, was a colonel in the British army. 



* Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, vi. 236. 

t Daughter of Brant Arentse Slichtenhorst, who, in 1646, was appointed director 
of the colony of Rensselaerwyck. 

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12. Stephen Van Cortlandt 2 , born n August, 1695; married Catalina Staats. 

13. Catharine Van Cortlandt 3 , born 30 July, 1696; married Honorable Andrew 

Johnston, cf Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He was speaker of the New Jersey 
Assembly, and a member of the governor's council of that province. 

14. Cornelia Van Cortlandt 3 , born 30 July, 1698; married, 18 October, 1723, 

Colonel John Schuyler, born 31 October, 1697 ; died 5 November, 1741. 
They were the parents of Major-General Philip Schuyler, a noted officer of 
the Revolutionary army. 

Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt 3 , third son of Colonel Stephanus Van Cort- 
landt 2 by his wife Gertrude Schuyler, was born 9 August, 1683 ; died 21 August, 
1746. He was a merchant of New York, and, like his father, took an active part in 
public affairs. From 1730 until his death he was a member of the governor's council ; 
in 1740 he was a commissioner, on the part of New York, in the case of Connecticut 
against the Mohegan Indians, and he held a commission as colonel of the militia of 
New York. He owned " lot No. 1," of the manor of Cortlandt, on which the manor 
house was built. He married, 10 December, 1710, Catharine, daughter of Colonel 
Abraham De Peyster, who was for some years treasurer of the province of New 
York and New Jersey. By the death of his elder brother, John, who left only a 
daughter, and Oliver, who died unmarried, he became the third head of the Van 
Cortlandt family. Issue : 

1. Stephen Van Cortlandt 4 , born 26 October, 171 1; married Mary Walton 

Ricketts. 

2. Abraham Van Cortlandt 4 , born 19 October, 1713; died unmarried in 1746. 

3. Philip Van Cortlandt 4 , born 29 February, 1715 ; died unmarried in 1745. 

4. John Van Cortlandt 4 , born 9 September, 1718; died unmarried in 1747. 

5. Pierre Van Cortlandt 4 , born 10 January, 1721 ; married Joanna Livings- 

ton. 

6. Catharine Van Cortlandt 4 , born 26 June, 1725; killed, 4 June, 1735, by the 

bursting of a cannon which was being fired in honor of the king's birthday 
on the Battery at New York. 

Stephen Van Cortlandt 3 , twelfth child of Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt 2 
by his wife Gertrude Schuyler, was born 11 August, 1695; married, 28 August, 
1713, Catalina Staats, daughter of Dr. Samuel Staats by his first wife, Joanna 
Rynders. He resided at " Second River" (now Belleville), Essex County, New 
Jersey. Issue: 

1. Joanna Van Cortlandt 4 , born 3 February, 1714; died without issue. 

2. Gertrude Van Cortlandt 4 , born 23 February, 1715; married Johannes Van 

Rensselaer. 

3. Stephanus Van Cortlandt 4 , born 19 September, 1716; died without issue. 

4. Samuel Van Cortlandt 4 , born 22 December, 1717 ; died without issue. 

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GENERAL PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT (172I-1814), KNOWN AS "GOVERNOR" 



JOANNA LIVINGSTON, WIFE OF GENERAL PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT 



Gbe IDan Cortlanfct family 



5. John Van Cortlandt 4 , born 16 February, 1721 ; died 29 June, 1786; married 

Hester Bayard. 

6. Philip Van Cortlandt 4 , born in 1725; died in 1800, without issue. He com- 

manded a New Jersey regiment in the Revolution. 

7. Sarah Van Cortlandt 4 , died without issue. 

Stephen Van Cortlandt 4 , son of Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt by his wife 
Catharine De Peyster, succeeded his father as head of the family. He was born 26 
October, 171 1 ; died 17 October, 1750; married, 6 May, 1738, Mary Walton, daughter 
of William Ricketts by his wife Mary, daughter of William Walton, of New York. 
Issue : 

1. Philip Van Cortlandt 5 , born 10 November, 1739; died 1 May, 1814; married 

Catharine Ogden. 

2. William Ricketts Van Cortlandt 5 , born 12 March, 1742; married Elizabeth 

Kortright. 

General Pierre Van Cortlandt 4 , son of Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt by his 
wife Catharine De Peyster, was born at Cortlandt Manor, 10 January, 1721 ; died 
1 May, 1814. He was an ardent patriot, making unusual sacrifices for his country. 
He was closely identified with the affairs of the manor and the interest of his rela- 
tives therein, they relying upon him and he serving them faithfully. From 1768 until 
1775, he represented the manor in the Colonial Assembly, and in the latter year he 
was colonel of the manor regiment, member of the Council of Safety, and of the 
Provincial Congress. He was president of the convention which, in 1777, framed the 
first constitution of the State, under which he became the first lieutenant-governor, 
and George Clinton governor. Colonel Van Cortlandt served in the lieutenant- 
governorship seventeen years, declining a re-election in 1795. 

During the Revolution he was obliged to leave the manor house, which he 
received under his father's will, and spent most of the time at Rhinebeck and at 
his house near Peekskill. This house was always open to his friends, as both his 
wife and he were famed for their hospitality, and it was this house to which Mr. 
Constant refers in his Journal. 

In November, 1783, he entered New York with General Washington, after the 
evacuation of the British. He was an honorary member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

His tombstone in the manor cemetery bears this tribute to his worth : " He was 
a patriot of the first order ; zealous to the last for the liberties of his country." 

General Van Cortlandt married, 28 May, 1748, his second cousin, Joanna, 
daughter of Gilbert Livingston, Esq., by his wife Cornelia Beekman, and grand- 
daughter of Robert Livingston, the first lord of the manor of Livingston, by his wife 
Alida, daughter of Captain Philip Pieterse Schuyler. Issue : 

1. Philip Van Cortlandt 5 , born 21 April, 1749; died 21 November, 1831, unmar- 

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ried and without issue. He was graduated at Coldenham Academy, and 
became a surveyor, and in June, 1775, was commissioned lieutenant- 
colonel of the fourth battalion New York infantry, and on 30 November, 
1776, by Washington, colonel of the Second New York Regiment, in place 
of Colonel Ritzema, who had joined the British. He was present at the 
surrender of Burgoyne, and in 1779 he was with General Sullivan in the 
Indian campaign in Western New York. In 1781 he took part in the 
Virginia campaign, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. After peace 
was declared Congress gave him the rank of brigadier-general. He was 
subsequently a member of the New York Assembly, and a member of Con- 
gress for the West Chester district from 1793 until 1809. He was an 
officer of the Society of the Cincinnati, and in 1824 he accompanied Lafay- 
ette on his travels through the United States. 

2. Catharine Van Cortlandt 5 , born 4 July. 1751 ; married Abraham Van Wyck. 

3. Cornelia Van Cortlandt 5 , born 2 August, 1753 ; died 4 March, 1847 ; married, 

1770, Gerard G. Beekman. 

4. Gertrude Van Cortlandt 5 , born 26 July, 1755; died 9 December, 1766. 

5. Gilbert Van Cortlandt 5 , born 6 April, 1757; died without issue, 12 November, 

1786; was a captain in the Manor of Cortlandt Regiment in 1776. 

6. Stephen Van Cortlandt 5 , born 17 February, 1760: died 29 August, 1775; was 

a soldier in the Revolution. 

7. Pierre Van Cortlandt 5 , born 29 August, 1762; died 13 July, 1848; married (1) 

Catharine (Clinton) Taylor; (2) Anne Stevenson. 

8. Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt 5 , born 1 June, 1766; died 10 January, 1855; 

married Philip S. Van Rensselaer, mayor of Albany, New York. 

John Van Cortlandt 4 , son of Stephen Van Cortlandt by his wife Catalina 
Staats, was born 16 February, 1721 ; died 29 June, 1786; married, 9 November, 
1749, Hester Bayard, daughter of Nicholas Bayard by his wife Elizabeth Rynders, 
Issue : 

1. Stephen Van Cortlandt 5 , born 11 August, 1750; married Catharine Rutgers, 

by whom he had two daughters, — Elizabeth Van Cortlandt", who married 
her first cousin, John Van Rensselaer, and Hester Van Cortlandt , who 
married her first cousin, James Van Cortlandt. 

2. Elizabeth Van Cortlandt 5 , born 28 December, 1751 ; died unmarried. 

3. Nicholas Bayard Van Cortlandt 5 , born 9 September, 1753 ; died unmarried and 

without issue. 

4. Catalina Van Cortlandt 5 , born 30 September, 1754! married Major James Van 

Rensselaer. 

5. Nicholas Bayard Van Cortlandt 4 , born 19 March, 1856; died unmarried and 

without issue. 

6. Hester Van Cortlandt 5 , born 21 September, 1757; died unmarried. 

7. Margaretta Van Cortlandt . born 30 September, 1759 ; married Darbee. 

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL PHILIP VAN CORTLANDT (1749-1S31 j 
From miniature, supposed by Ramage 



Gbe iDan Cortlanfct family 



8. John Van Cortlandt 5 , born 24 September, 1764; married, 10 October, 1787, 

Catalina Sophia Cuyler, born at Albany, 19 January, 1766, and by her had 
two sons (1), James Van Cortlandt 6 , born 25 September, 1789; died 1871 ; 
married his first cousin, Hester Van Cortlandt 6 ; died without issue. (2) 
John Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1793 ; died without issue. 

9. Joanna Van Cortlandt 5 , born 25 October, 1773; died in 1797, unmarried. 

Philip Van Cortlandt 5 , eldest son of Stephen Van Cortlandt by his wife Mary 
Walton Ricketts, became the fourth head of the family. He was born 10 November, 
1739; died 1 May, 1814. He was graduated at King's (now Columbia) College, in 
1758. Preferring a military life, he entered the British army, in which he served 
many years. He is buried in Halisham Church, England, where a mural monument 
is erected to his memory. He married, 2 August, 1762, Catharine, daughter of 
Jacob Ogden, of New Jersey. They had twenty-three children, among which were 
the twelve following, who lived to grow up : 

1. Mary Ricketts Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1763; married John M. Anderson, of 

Maryland. 

2. Catharine Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1764; married Dr. William Gourlay. 

3. Elizabeth Van Cortlandt 6 (twin of Catharine), born 1764; married William 

Taylor, lord chief justice of Jamaica. Their daughter, Catharine Van Cort- 
landt Taylor 7 , married Clement Clark Moore, LL.D., of New York. 

4. Philip Van Cortlandt 8 , born 30 July, 1766. 

5. Stephen Van Cortlandt 6 , born 30 July, 1766. 

6. Margaret Hughes Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1768; married O. Elliott-Elliott. 

7. Gertrude Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1772; married Admiral Sir Edward Buller, 

of the British navy. 

8. Jacob Ogden Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1777; was captain in the Twenty-third 

Fusileers, English army. 

9. Henry Clinton Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1780; was lieutenant-colonel of the 

Third Foot Regiment, British army. 

10. Charlotte Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1783; married General Sir John Fraser, 

British army. 

11. Arthur Auchmoty Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1787; captain of the Twenty-fourth 

Foot Regiment, British army. 

12. Sophia Van Cortlandt 6 , born 1739; married Sir William Howe Mulcaster. 

William Ricketts Van Cortlandt 6 , second son of Stephen Van Cortlandt by 
his wife Mary Walton Ricketts, was born 12 March, 1742; married, 3 January, 1765, 
Elizabeth, daughter of Cornelius Kortright. Issue : 

1. Eliza Van Cortlandt 6 , married her second cousin, William Ricketts. 

2. Maria Walton Van Cortlandt 6 , married Montross. 

3. William Ricketts Van Cortlandt 6 . By first wife, Storms, he had: 1. Julia 

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Van Cortlandt 7 , who married David Ryder. 2. Mary Van Cortlandt 7 , who 

married Marshall. 3. Rachel Van Cortlandt 7 , who married John Ryder. 

By second wife, Sarah Cornell, he had : 4. Oliver Van Cortlandt 7 , who 
married Catharine Hyatt, and had Josephine*. Beauregard 3 , Sarah 8 , Ida\ 
Stella 8 , and Oscar'\ 5. James Van Cortlandt 7 , who died without issue, in 
1883. 6. Elizabeth Van Cortlandt 7 , who died unmarried. 
4. Philip Van Cortlandt", married Mary Banker, and had two sons, — John 7 ami 
William 7 . John Van Cortlandt 7 married his cousin, Catharine Ricketts, by 
whom he had four sons, — George W. 8 , Joseph 8 , Stephen 8 , and Daniel". 
William Van Cortlandt 7 married Susan Chadeayne. 

Major-General Pierre Van Cortlandt 5 , LL.D., second son of General Pierre 
Van Cortlandt 4 by his wife Joanna Livingston, was born at Cortlandt Manor, 29 
August, 1762; died there. 13 July, 1848. He studied law in the office of Alexander 
Hamilton, and rose to be one of the leading men of Westchester County, New 
York. He was a Presidential elector for Jefferson in 1800, and for General Harrison 
in 1840, and a candidate on the defeated Henry Clay ticket in 1844. In 181 1 and 1812 
he was a member of Congress, and for some years a major-general in the New York 
militia. He was a founder of the Westchester County Bank, and its president from 
1833 until his death, and was for many years a warden of St. Peter's Church, Peeks- 
kill. His death was universally regretted. Under his father's will he inherited the 
manor house. He married (1), in 1800, Catharine Taylor, daughter of Vice-Presi- 
dent George Clinton, and widow of Captain John Taylor. She died without issue, 
10 January, 181 1. He married (2), 10 May, 1813, Anne, daughter of John Stevenson, 
an eminent Scotch citizen of Albany, New York, by his wife Magdalen Douw. She 
died 20 March, 1821. Issue by second wife : 

1. Pierre Van Cortlandt 6 , below mentioned. 

Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt 6 , only child of Major-General Pierre Van Cort- 
landt 5 , was born 25 April, 1815; died 11 July, 1884. He held no civil offices, but 
was a colonel in the New York militia. His father gave him the manor house for 
his residence, where he led a quiet country life. He succeeded his father in the 
Society of the Cincinnati. He married at Albany, 14 June, 1836. Catharine Elizabeth, 
daughter of Theodoric Romeyn Beck, M.D., LL.D., of Albany, and by her had seven 
children, three of whom still survive him. Issue : 

1. Catharine Theresa Romeyn Van Cortlandt 7 , born 2 May, 1838; married, 

5 June, 1873, the Reverend John Rutherford Mathews, United States navy, 
born at New York. 29 November, 1835 ; died at Croton, New York, 27 
December, 1898; and had issue: Philip Van Cortlandt Mathews 8 , born 19 
August, 1874 : died 2 July, 1887. Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews 8 , born 
16 July, 1876. Isabel Rutherford Mathews 8 , born 1 May, 1879. 

2. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. 7 , born 23 September, 1841 ; died 16 October, 1879, 

without issue. 

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MAJOR-GENERAL PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT (1762-1848; 
From engraving by Saint-Memin 



£be Dan Gortlanfct family 



3. Romeyn Beck Van Cortlandt 7 , born March. 1S43; died in infancy. 

4. James Stevenson Van Cortlandt 7 , born 28 February, 1844; captain Twenty- 

second Cavalry in the Civil War. 1862-1868; member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 

5. Theodoric Romeyn Van Cortlandt 7 , born 2^ April, 1845; died 11 August, 1880, 

without issue. 

6. Anne Stevenson Van Cortlandt 7 , born 14 July. 1847. 

7. Philip Van Cortlandt 7 , born 5 October, 1857; died in infancy. 



CATHARINE T. R. MATHEWS. 




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Hlotce on the TOarren family 



^^P^lli'. progenitors of at least four distinct families of Warren have con- 
All tributed to what may be called the New York Warrens. First, Richard 
^■^ Warren of the " Mayflower," some of whose descendants in the line of 
Samuel Warren, of Middleborough, Massachusetts (who was born 7 March, 1682, 
and died about January, 1750), are known to have removed to New York, and 
to have settled near the " Patent of Nine Partners." in Dutchess County. Second, 
Arthur Warren, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, whose grandson, Jacob Warren, 
born circa 1668, and died 3 September. 1727. became one of the founders of the 
town and church of Plainfield, Connecticut. Some descendants of the latter, 
through his son Ephraim, settled, about 1760, in Amenia. Dutchess County. Third. 
John Warren, of Watertown, Massachusetts, whose great-grandson. John Warren, 
removed to Newburgh, Orange County. Fourth, Peter Warren, the ancestor of 
General Joseph Warren, of the Revolution, who, through his grandson Ebenezer 
Warren, had descendants who settled in or near Yonkers, Westchester County. 
And to these must be added Richard Waring, of Brookhaven, Long Island, many 
of whose descendants, through his sons Richard, Edmund, Michael, and John, 
spell the name Warren, and among whom may be mentioned Eliakim Warren, of 
Troy (1717-79), and John Warren, of Southeast, in Dutchess (now Putnam) 
County (1736- 1 809). 

Just when Samuel Warren 1 , the ancestor of the Warrens of the Highlands, 
settled in Eastchester or Westchester has not been ascertained, but he was surveyor 
of highways for Long Reach, in the latter town. 6 May, 1728. (Westchester Town 
Records, v. 203.) Nor has his relation to the before-mentioned families been settled. 
There is a tradition among some of his descendants that he was of " Mayflower" 
stock, and still others hold that he descended from Peter Warren, of Boston. And 

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MAJOR-GENERAL GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN 
From portrait by Chartran 



Hlotes on tbe TKHarren family 



the latter is the greater probability, though the destruction of the Warren papers, 
on the one hand, and the meagreness of public record of Peter Warren's descendants 
of that period, on the other, render the matter difficult of solution. 

On 30 November, 1730, Samuel Warren, then of Eastchester, purchased of John 
Drake, of the same place, a certain parcel of land lying in the new patent of East- 
chester, bounded by the road that led from Rattlesnake Brook to Bronx River 
(Westchester County Deeds, G, 75), and under date of 27 November, 1732, in con- 
sideration of £115 7s. 6d., he purchased of the executors of Thomas Gardner, all the 
lands that had been in the possession of said Gardner, together with a " twenty-five 
pound privilege of commonage," the land being described as lying " on the east side 
of Bronx River adjacent to the country road leading to Eastchester in that range 
of lotts known by the name of Long Reach, together with a house standing thereon." 
i( Westchester County Deeds, G, 213.) On 2 February, 1735, he purchased of John 
Jones, of Eastchester, certain other lands in that place. (Ibid., G, 347.) He also 
bought of Stephen Williams, of Eastchester, lands described in Mr. Warren's bill 
of sale of 7 January, 1737, in which his wife Sarah joins, as bounded by the country 
road leading from Boston to New York. (Ibid., G, 211, 230.) It was upon this 
highway that his house was situated. (Deed of Drake to Barnes, Ibid., G, 207, 208.) 
Prior to 16 July, 1742, he sold some portions of the lands thus purchased to Stephen 
Williams, as is shown by the will of said Williams of that date. Some time after 
this he removed to the Van Cortlandt Manor, and is supposed to be the Samuel 
Warren who was in possession of farm No. 3 in that manor, 1 May, 1767, and is ?o 
described in a deed of that date, from Michael Mekeel and Milche his wife to Nathan 
Whitney. (Westchester Deeds, H, 469.) 

The date of Mr. Warren's death is not known, nor that of his wife's, and there 
seems to be no record proof of his family ; but he is thought to have been the father 
of Daniel Warren, Peter Warren, John Warren, Samuel Warren, Elizabeth War- 
ren, who married, 13 January, 1763, Richard Rogers (Rombout Church Records), 
and possibly of the Stephen Warren who enlisted in Captain William Gilchrist's 
company of Colonial Troops, 20 April, 1761, and was then aged twenty-two years, 
and entered as born in Westchester County. Of these, Peter, John, and Samuel 
are known to have been brothers. 

Daniel Warren 2 , above named, was of Cortlandt Manor, 12 May, 1761, when 
he appears as a witness to a deed from Andrew Johnson, Esq., of Perth Amboy, 
New Jersey, to Caleb Hall and David Stanley, of Cortlandt. He was pound-master 
in 1763, and constable in 1767, after which date his name disappears from the 
records of this manor. In 1771/72 his name is among the taxables of Philips 
precinct, Dutchess County. 

Peter Warren 2 , supposed son of Samuel Warren, was of the Manor of Cort- 
landt, where he entered his cattle-mark, " a swallow fork in the near ear," 6 May, 
1766. (Records of Yorktown.) In 1773, he was tax-collector and constable for 

435 



appendix 

the Southern (Philipse) District of Dutchess County, and he is on the tax-lists of 
that precinct until 1779, when his widow Thamer appears. He probably died about 
1779, although his estate was not administered upon until 7 October, 1781. (New 
York Wills, ii. 188.) He married three times, — first, Ann, daughter of John Rogers, 
by his wife Hester Verveelen, who was living at the date of her father's will, 5 
November, 1776, and deceased at the execution of a deed by the heirs of said John 
Rogers, 8 February, 1777. (See sketch of Samuel Warren.) He married, second, 
a daughter of Thomas Davenport of Philipstown. His third wife was Thamer, 
daughter of Elisha Covert, of Cortlandt Manor, whom he had married before 23 
September, 1779, when both husband and wife are named in the will of said Covert. 
(Pelletreau's Wills.) She survived him, and married Captain Samuel Jefferds, a 
gallant officer of the Revolution, and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, 
who after the war resided in Philipstown, now Putnam County. He died in 
August, 1804, aged fifty-two years, having but one child, Samuel Jefferds. Mrs. 
Jefferds died 8 March, 1829, aged eighty years, and is buried in St. Peter's grave- 
yard at Peekskill. Peter Warren's children were : 

1. Peter Warren 3 . 

2. James Warren 3 . 

3. John Warren 3 . 

4. Beverly Warren 3 , who was called grandson in the will of Thomas Daven- 

port, dated 29 September, 1797 (Dutchess Wills, B, 91, 92), by which he 
was left the " improvement of the farm he now liveth upon, lying at the 
fourth corner of the low field by the road and running a straight line to 
the fourth corner of Cat Hill field, from thence on the same line to 
John Warren's line." Beverly Warren 3 married Margaret, daughter of 
Isaiah Krankheyt, by whom he had : 

1. John Warren 4 , who removed to Rochester in 1829. 

2. James Warren 4 . 

3. Henry Warren 4 . 

4. Peter Warren 4 . 

5. Margaret Warren 4 . 

6. Louisa Warren 4 . 

7. Jeremiah Warren 4 , who married Eleanor, daughter of Cornelius 

Thomas by his wife Elizabeth Libbey, and granddaughter of Cap- 
tain John Libbey, and had issue : 

1. Sylvanus Warren', married Susan Birdsall. 

2. Eliza Warren 5 , married William Hughes. 

3. Isaiah C. Warren 5 , married Samantha Knapp. 

4. Eleanor Amanda Warren 5 , married Edgar Brown. 

5. Maria Ann Warren 5 , married Nathaniel Surrene. 

6. Athalinda Warren 5 , married James Heroy. 

7. Henrietta Warren 5 , married James, son of William Rogers. 

8. Christina Warren 5 , married Frank Hanson. 

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magistrates; removed to Rye, j necticut. 
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Samuel Barrett, m. Hannah Betts, 
of \ onkers, Westchester I bap. Barnstable 

County; resident there j Mass., 26 Janu- 
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John Barrett, m 
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23 October, 1722 ;« named 
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and shown to be his grand- 
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b. at Oyster Bay. Long Island ; 
removed to the Manor of Cort- 
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8 February, 1777. 47 



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ter Martha Lickley ; was a Rev- 
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b. 15 September, 
1729; d. 15 June, 



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1764; proved 18 September, 
1764 ;«> grandson of Ebenezer 
Jones, of Yonkers and East 
Chester. 



band. 



b. 1729; d. Canopus Hollow, 
Philipstown, Dutchess (after- ,, 
wards Putnam) County, 17 _- 
November, 1807; bur. St. 'g 
Peter's, Peekskill. 34 % 



John Lickley, m. Martha Barrett, 



r 



b. Cortlandt Town, 
1750; d. in what 
became the town 
of Putnam Valley. 
19 March, 1831. 



, _ , „ Peter Bell, in. Jane Jones. 

b. Dutchess County, 1743 ; d. „ 
Philipstown, circa Novem- S3 
ber, 1795. Will dated 23 May; -5 
proved 3 December, 1795. 45 § 
Served in the French and In- o. 
dian War, also in the Revo- & 
lution. „ 



William Lickley, 
b. Philipstown, 18 December, 
1773; d- there, 1 October^ 
1805; bur. St. Peter's, Peeks- 
kill. 34 



Elizabeth Bell, 

b. Putnam Valley, 22 
October, 1776; d. 30 
July, 1867; m. (2) Ste- 
phen Mekeel. 



3 August. 
5 Decern - 



Cornelius Warren. 



Eliza Warren. 



Alexander Warren. Edgar Washburn Warren. Emily Warren. Robert Parrot Warren. 



{fir. 



ancestry 
of 
an* mire. Sylvanus TBttarren. 



c ~ . ~ Hans Vorveelen, t 

of Cologne, Germany ; removed to An. 
Holland, in consequence of religi 
tion, in 1610; was originally of Vii 






i Wibaut, 



..i l'ii!' 
Amrtnd ; 

Walloon 
Canterbury, Enjr- 

land. S 



e of the 



Daniel Verveeler 
b. Cologne, 1594; removed 

to Amsterdam, I [olland, 

and died there in 1657. 8 



Anna Elkhout, 

a 1591 : removed 
to New Amsterdam. 
= and there died 



Pierre Du Bois,'' 1 
*«/. Canterbury, 25 December, 
1590; silk weaver; removed to j: 

1 
Pierre Du Bois, from near Lisle, * 

1 - moved to Canterbury, >I 

England, in the time of the perse- £ 
cution; m. Jeanne Desmulll' 



». Catheri... \\ ,1..... 



Johannes Verveelen.' 

• UMte Hbltod. .6.1 



John Hoyt, m. Rmli - 



/'. Dorchester, England, 20 
January, 1590;-' removed to 

..... 

the 

her, 1657.* 



bap. \ 1 



where- he made his 1 
ruary, i*>73- 



. Anneke Jaartvelt. Rev"'' Gideon Schaets, 

living in New Am- b. in Holland in 1607/08: was the second min- 

a sterdam. 2 April. later of the Dutch Church in Albany, New 

g 1660. York, in 1652. where he continued until his 

death. 27 February. 1694. " He was descended 

from the Rev'» J Mathias Bartholomius Schaets, 

of Laerdam, Holland, who died in 1604. 



*. (.1 AgnetieMoria 
d. in Albany, 

\ ■ . 1 ! I 



[ft 

n Huguenot . emi 

sterdam in 1674, and 
united with the church at 
Harlem, 13 December. 1674; 
d. there, 24 May. 1677.1- 



,H«,li 11 

■ I ■ 
1 Flatbiuh, and later in Harlem, . 

■ ■ 



(2) Hester I H 

Lap. Canterbury. 

~ England. 9 October, 

be >n. (2), 6 

I October, 1687. Ian 

a Tibout. 



1 

Cloved to Rye. 
where he d. in September. 1684. Will 
dated 29 August, x : 



. i .. I'm dy 0] 
Fairfield, Con- 
necticut. 



1 
■ 

■ 



I 

1 
■■l 1 

■ 



Daniel Verveelen/ 
b. probably in Amsterdam, Holland; 
was of Albany, where he sold real 
estate in 1661 ; joined the Dutch 
Church of New York in 1661, and re- T \ 
moved to New Utrecht in 1662, where ,! 
LD 'Ider in the Church, 1678; „ 
resided on the Spuyten Devil in 1687. 8 ' 






1 bare he 
trf the 

\\\ his 

by th-_- i I 

Mi.tme. 13 



Dirck Janse Vander Vlw 

'. HI-I.I..I.I1H 111 ll, 

D 1660,-' and settled ; 
Kings County, New York : ws 

med ensign of Amesfoort [Fla 

l.iin ! ■. | 1 1 .111 |i.H)V .'I t.-i.i . '.-■■ I 1 1 l.)li.-r, if 1- .; ; 

strate ol Flatbusb 



(ierretse. 

emigi ited to New 

dam in the 

April, 11 
joint will 

I, 15 Janu- 
[I 79/80." 



John Haighi. 01 Hovt. 

I 
,,,,. ,, , !. I 

peace anil 
ensign in 1705.'-"' V\ il 
February. I 

■on jo 



|..iii> Barrett, 
■ 

■ 1 . 1722 ;* named 
bl> grand- 



Gideon Verveele 

bap. at New Utrecht, 9 May, 16S0;* 

purchased 3115 acres of land in Rom- 

inct, I hitchess County, 20 

May, 1740. Will dated - I ai 

1755; proved 26 June, 176a; made 
bequest to daughter Hester Rogers. 



Susanna de Graaf, 8 

in, 6 March. 
1687; d. before date of 

[nd's will. 



John N' Ison, ' 

of New Amsterdam. .7 ). sry, 

1670,"' and later of Flatbush ; was 

of Mama: ■ 

County, before 27 July, 1683, 

where he died after 29 January, 

1707." 



B Vander Vliet, 
.'. in- ibably in Holland 
■.■.■nil bei husband 
in executing a deed, 2 
April, 1 1 



Joseph Haight, 
i' ■ 
in January, 1748. W 

iry, 1748, named son 



1 her hus- 



Captain Dani< I 
■ I 
removed 10 

di d. w HI dated 

8 February, 1777. 17 



Abraham Barrett. 
■ )t) proved 



iber, 1733; 

. ; : ■ 



Martha , 

named in will 
of her hus- 



*Ref crcnccs : 



Samuel Warren, 
of Long Reach, West- 
lunty, 6 May, 



•RomW Church Records. 
•GnTeaone. St. Philip's, Garrisons. 

n ills, D. 75. 
'Wotehtstcr Town Records, V, 203. 
'Wotcbtstcr County Deeds, H, 469. 
' Dotdiess County Deeds, xiv. 400, 401. 
: Cilt»Urof New York Wills, 325. 
' RiVs History of Harlem, 553, 554. 
•CiWirof New York Wills. 416. 
E Hupjenot Society Records. 

oIlKtiou of Albany, iv. 160. 

J R iWs Historj- of Harlem. 356, 358, 359, 360, 549. 
"toco* of Dutch Church of Kingston, 24-28, 32. 
'KWl Bator, <,f Har]tm II0 . Delaraater Gene- 

slop. 
°fct»rdiof the Walloon Church, Canterbury. 
■Wis of New Amsterdam, vi. 278. 
Beedi, D, 79, 80. 

"la's Kings County Settlers, 32s. 

»«chw« Deeds, B, ,77. „ 8 
'Dutch™Deed s ,i. 370 

;»wh B ,„ DttdsYi7ji 

„™««.S..rT,illp- fc Garrisons. 
,r" ,nUr >- Hi «or ) .„fNewYork,iii,3 7 4, 

vX^T 8 ,0,he Colmial His, °^ of New 

'WsofUpwsy i„ Dorsetshire. 



K Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, ii. 482. 

CT Documents relating to the Colonial Historj' of Ne 

York, ii. 59s, 659. 
=s Pclletreau's Westchester Wills. II, 12. 
» Town Records of Rye. 

, rk Will Files. 
O New York Wills, xvi. 396. 

1 ists of Dutchess County. 
» Family Records in possession of I 

Esq', of Cold Spring, New York. 
» Gravestone, St. Peter's, Pcekskill. 
» Records of First and Second Presbyterian Churc 

of New York. 
» New York in the Revolution as Colony and Stat< 

150. 
» Westchester Wills, C. 120, HI. 

, 1 Deeds, F, 165. 
» New York Wills, xii. 78, 79. 
*' Westchester Deeds, E, 318. 
« Calendar of New York Wills, 12. 
>- Westchester Deeds, D, 12. 

« Documentary History of New York, iii. 558, 559. 
« Otis's Barnstable Families. 88. 
« Dutchess County Wills, i. 504. 
« Pclletreau's Westchester Wills, 309. 
• Ibid., 334. 



1728 ;< 


remo> 


ed to Van 


Corila 


ndt Ma 






1767.5 





John Rogers,^ 
settled near Continental \ Ulage, 
in the Highlands of Dutchess 
County, in 1730, where he died 
before 8 February, 1777. 6 Will 
dated 5 November, 1776, named 
daughter Esther Nelson." 



. Hester Verveelen/ 



Samuel Warren, / 
of Philipstown, 

(after- T- 
wards Putnam) £" 
County; (/.there, 3 

circa 1774/75. % 



Esther Rogers, 
*. in the Highlands 

aesa Coun- 



Francis Nelson, 
b. Mamar n 

removed to the Highlands of 

I luti bess ( ' '•■ I 

August, 1736.-^ His first wife 



Justui 

b. in the Highlands of Dutchess 
County, 21 February, 

February, 1803; 



(2| Anne — — 
joined in deed 
of 8 October. 






o the Highlands of 
Dutchess County, 
where he « a 
early as 177a.* 



John Barrett, 

■ 
|l July, i3oj. Will 

September, 180a . ' QS Q 

was a Rev- 



. Elizabeth , 

b. 15 Septembei 



He m. fs 

1 1 ■ 



John Lickley, m 

■ ■ 

■. 
■ ■ 



Martha Barrett, 



Peter Bell, 
/». Dutchess County, 1743; d. A 
Philipstown. circa 
her, 1795,. '■'. 

1 . i70S. 4r ' v I 

. be French and In- c. 

the Revo- & 

lution. o 




Captain |ohn Warren, 
/.. in the Highlands . . 

1765; bap. 22 February, 1707: *• In ,' h ,^ 
Highlands, x September, 1837.* Will, 
dated 21 January, 1837. 3 



Ison, 

b. Philipstown. Ja 



William Uckley, 
b Philipstown, 18 December, 
1773." (/ - ' 
1805; bur. 

■ 



1 



. Elizabeth Hell, 

b. Putnam Valley, 2; 
( Ictober, 1776; d. 3c 
July, 1867; 

I ! ,kecl. 



Sylv, 
b. Philipstown. 



= Wurien, m. Pbcbe Lickley, 



,-. Philipstown, 13 August. 
1804; d. ihere, 15 Decern- 
£\* her. 1870. 



IIB, Alexander Warren. 



Sarah EUtabethWan 



■ Kemble Warren. William John 



, ,. l Warren. Alexander Warren. Edgar Washburn Warren. Emily Warren. Robert Fan 

Warren. Sarah Warren. Cornelius nw 



J 



fllotes on tbe TPOlarren family 



John Warren 2 , the third named among the supposed children of Samuel War- 
ren, was on the tax-list of Philipse Precinct for 1771 and 1779, and is he who 
enlisted, 5 May, 1778, for nine months in the Second Company, Second Regiment 
of the New York Line, Captain Benjamin Pelton, Colonel Van Cortlandt, and was 
discharged 17 February, 1779. Both John and Peter Warren made application for 
land bounty for Revolutionary service as members of the Seventh Dutchess County 
militia. (New York in the Revolution.) One John Warren, possibly he above, by 
wife Jerusha, had sons Peter and John, baptized at Crum Elbow, 9 November, 
1760. (Records of St. George's, Hempstead, Long Island.) 

Samuel Warren 2 , a brother of Peter 2 , and presumably a son of Samuel, before 
named, was settled in the Highlands in the Southern District or Philipse Precinct 
in 1766, as is evidenced by the following letter from Mrs. Livingston to her hus- 
band, Judge Livingston : 

"Clermont, July 12th, 1766. 

" With joy I embrace this opportunity of conversing with you, by the ' Manor 
Sloop,' since it is the only way now left of conveying our sentiments to each other. 
We set out from New York in so great a hurry that I could not give myself the 
pleasure of seeing or the pain of parting with you. We had a very pleasant ride 
the first day, which brought us to Croton. Here we were detained until the next 
day by rain, but it is impossible to describe this day's journey; the crags, precipices 
and mountains, that we had a view of, together with the excessive badness of the 
roads, that were laid bare by streams of water taking their course through the 
midst, which made it very disagreeable to me. We could go no further that day 
than Warren's, who lives in the midst of the Highlands, but the next day made up 
for the fatigue of this. We had a most charming journey the remainder of the 
way. We breakfasted at Van Wyck's who lives at Fishkill ; dined at Poughkeepsie, 
slept at Rhinebeck, where we arrived at six o'clock. The next morning which was 
Sunday, we came home at nine o'clock, and found the family all in good health and 
spirits. . . ." 

The tax-lists of the Southern District of Dutchess County do not commence 
until 1771, in which year Samuel Warren's name appears, and continues until 1775, 
when " Samuel Warren's farm" takes the place of his name. His homestead was 
on the old post road to Albany, on the crest of the Highlands south of Nelson's 
Mills. Erskine's military map of 1781 locates a line of barracks along the post road 
near the Warren homestead and in view of West Point and vicinity. 

Mr. Warren was killed in 1774/75, by a fall at Franklindale Bridge, and was 
buried in his orchard. He married, 13 January, 1763, Esther, daughter of John 
Rogers, of the Highlands, by his wife Hester Verveelen. Through her mother Mrs. 
Warren represented not only the early Dutch settlers of New York, but several 

437 



appendix 

distinct lines of Huguenot ancestry. (See accompanying chart.) John Rogers 
lived on Canopus Creek, in that part of the Highlands known just after his death 
as " Continental Village," and which, from its position as the entrance to the 
Highlands, was a point of great military importance during the Revolution. 

Mrs. Warren married (2), before 5 November, 1776, Absalom Nelson, probably 
son of William Nelson, and grandson of Eli Nelson, one of the early settlers of this 
part of the Highlands. Under the will of her father, John Rogers, dated as above 
(New York Calendar of Wills), Mrs. Nelson received certain lands in Dutchess 
County, for which, by quit-claim deed of 8 February, 1777, she, with others, receipted 
to the executors, and from which deed the following is abstracted: 

" Know all men by these presents that whereas John Rogers late of Philipse 
Precinct in the County of Dutchess deceased did by his last will and testament dated 
5 November, 1776, bequeath his estate to his children John Rogers, Richard Rogers, 
Benjamin Rogers, Charity Hustis, Esther Nelson and Ann Warren, and appointed 
Benjamin Rogers and Caleb Nelson executors. . . . Now we, Richard Rogers, John 
Rogers, Benjamin Rogers, Caleb Hustis and Charity his wife, Absalom Nelson and 
Esther his wife and Peter Warren in behalf of his wife Ann Warren, since 
deceased," etc. (Dutchess County Deeds.) * 

Mrs. Nelson and her husband Absalom Nelson, after a short residence in Peeks- 
kill, whither she had removed shortly after her first husband's death, returned to 
the Warren homestead in the Highlands. By her second marriage she had but one 
child, William Nelson, of whom see Notes on the Nelson Family. 

The Bible of Samuel and Esther (Rogers) Warren, now in possession of Mrs. 
Roebling, gives to them the following children : 

1. John Warren 3 , born 15 March, 1765; married Sarah Nelson. 

2. Samuel Warren 3 , born 15 April, 1768; married Ann Hustis. 

3. Elizabeth Warren 3 , born 15 April, 1768. 

4. Sarah Warren 3 , born 1 January, 1770; married her cousin John Rogers, son 

of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowler) Rogers, of Fishkill. 

5. Peter Warren 3 , born 17 February, 1771 ; married Catharine Nelson. 

6. Justus Warren 3 , born 1772; died in infancy. 



* Of the children of John and Hester (Verveelen) Rogers: Charity Rogers, 
married 26 January, 1757, Caleb Heustis; Richard Rogers, married 13 January. 
1763, Elizabeth Warren; Esther Rogers, married on the same day, Samuel War- 
ren; John Rogers, married 5 January, 1768, Phebe Barton (Rombout Presby- 
terian Church Records) ; Susanna Rogers, baptized 26 May, 1741 (Poughkeepsie 
Dutch Church Records), was probably the "Ann" who married Peter Warren; 
Benjamin Rogers, born 26 August, 1750, married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher 
Fowler.t by his wife Sarah Vincent, born 30 August, 1757, and had issue : Absalom. 
John. Benjamin. Elizabeth, Mary, Elijah, and Sarah. 



Christopher Fowler, born 22 Julv, 1718; died 23 March, 1809. (Gravestone at St. Philip's. Garrisons.) 

438 



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OXd Mar./i ,,.-/ 

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Sylvrui if (>orn \XonjLf,Y\a^ 

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( //:ii /r. f- / '. 






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^j 



motes on tbe Warren family 



7. Susanna Warren", born 18 October, 1773; died 20 October, 1854; married 

Josiah Mekeel, son of Uriah and Francis (Davenport) Mekeel. He died 
29 November, 1849, aged eighty years. Both husband and wife are buried 
in Cold Spring Cemetery. 

8. Daniel Warren 3 , born 1 January, 1774; married Susannah Knapp. 

Captain John Warren :! , the eldest son of Samuel and Esther (Rogers) War- 
ren, was born in the Highlands-on-Hudson, 15 March, 1765, was baptized 22 Feb- 
ruary, 1767 (Rombout Church Records), and died in the Highlands, 1 September, 
1837. On 4 March, 1805, he purchased of Amos Belden two hundred and fifty acres 
of land in Philipstown, which he shortly afterwards reconveyed to the said Amos 
Belden. (Dutchess County Deeds, xii. 633.) He afterwards purchased sundry other 
tracts of land in Philipstown, one from Thomas Searles, bordering partly on the 
farm of Peter Warren, Highland turnpike, road leading to the river, and Cat 
Hill; another, under date of 28 June, 1821, from Frederick Philipse and Maria his 



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wife (Putnam Deeds, B, 13-15) ; one from Edward Buckbee, sheriff of Putnam 
County, 9 October, 1826, which he conveyed to Joseph Parks, 30 November, 1832 
(H, 164) ; and still another from Samuel Gouverneur and Mary his wife, by deed 
of 1 May, 1832 (I, 42-44; M, 245). His home farm, of several hundred acres, lay 
at the junction of Highland turnpike and the old post road. About 1805 he built a 
mill on the stream that flowed near by where the mill of James Nelson now stands. 
He executed his will 21 January, 1837, under which his legatees were sons Cornelius, 
Henry, and Sylvanus (who were also the executors thereof), John, and Samuel; 
grandsons Sylvanus D. and Isaac, children of son John ; grandchildren Henry 

439 



Hppenfcii 



Samuel J., and Charles Haight, sons of daughter Polly, deceased ; grandchildren 
Sarah Hannah, Benjamin, Cornelia, Margaret, and Eunice Davenport; daughter 
Susan, wife of Elijah Davenport, and her daughter Sarah Jane; granddaughter 
Sarah, the child of son Sylvanus ; son John's present wife and family. (Putnam 
County Wills, Liber D, folio 70.) Mr. Warren was buried in the church-yard of St. 
Philip's at Garrisons-on-Hudson, where gravestones to himself and wife are erected. 

Blake's History of Putnam County, New York, published in 1849, ends a some- 
what lengthy notice of John Warren, Esq., in these words : " He aspired to no 
higher distinction than that of a plain practical farmer, which he was. The purity 
of his motives and the honesty of his heart were never questioned ; and in all the 
relations of life he never gave just cause of offence to his neighbor. He died, 
regretted and beloved by all who knew him, in 1837, in the seventy-second year of 
his age. His children, so far as we know them, inherit his virtues." 

He married, in 1783, Sarah Nelson, daughter of Justus Nelson by his wife Mary 
Haight, born 1 January, 1766; died 2 November, 1833, and was buried beside her 
husband in St. Philip's church-yard. Children, all born in Philipstown : 

1. Phebe Warren 4 , born 1 March, 1784; died 13 March, 1787. 

2. Mary Warren 4 , born 4 January, 1786; married (1) Joshua, son of Sylvanus 

and Martha (Nelson) Haight; (2) John, son of Isaac Davenport by his 
wife Elizabeth Hustis. 

3. Samuel Warren 4 , born 25 February, 1788; died in New York City, 7 February. 

1865 ; married Martha, daughter of Daniel Haight by his wife Martha 
Fowler, born 4 June, 1799; died 12 April, 1832. 

4. Cornelius Warren 4 , born 15 March, 1790; married (1) Hannah Haight: (2) 

Mrs. Hannah (Haight) Reed. 

5. John Warren 4 , born 29 June, 1792 ; married Rachel, daughter of Isaac and 

Elizabeth (Hustis) Davenport. 

6. Susan Warren 4 , married Elijah Davenport, brother to Rachel Davenport. 

7. Henry Warren 4 , born 5 May, 1798; removed to Newark, Delaware, where he 

died 6 November, 1882 ; married Amelia Reinhardt, born 9 February, 1802 : 
died near Newark, 26 November, 1888. Issue: 1. Theodore Warren. 2. 
Nelson Warren. 3. John Warren, M.D. 4. Joseph Warren. 5. Angevine 
Warren. 6. Lucy Warren. 

8. Sylvanus Warren 4 , born 15 November, 1799; died 19 February, 1859; married 

Phebe Lickley. 

Samuel Warren 3 , son of Samuel 2 and Esther (Rogers) Warren, was born 15 
April, 1768. Under date of 4 February, 1832, he with wife Ann conveyed lands in 
Philipstown to Henry Warren. (Putnam County Deeds, Liber G, folio 403-) The 
devisees under his will of 15 December, 1833, were wife Ann, daughter Caroline, 
grandson Henry, son of John S. Warren; son Elijah, who is to have the dwelling- 
house wherein the testator dwells ; sons Henry, Thomas, Peter S. ; the children of 
Peter S. Warren when twenty-one years ; the four youngest children of John S. 

440 



motes on tbe Warren family 



Warren, and the three children of son Beverly. (Putnam County Wills, Liber C, 
folio 136.) He married his cousin Ann Hustis, daughter of Caleb Hustis by his wife 
Charity Rogers, 24 March, 1789 (Fishkill Dutch Church Records). 

Children of Samuel and Ann (Hustis) Warren: 

1. John S. Warren 4 , born 11 November, 1789; married Mary Mosher. 

2. Phebe Warren 4 , born 2 October, 1799; died 19 May, 183 1 ; married Isaac 

Wright, son of Charles and Sarah (Mekeel) Wright. He died 4 April, 
1881, aged ninety-one years. 

3. Henry Warren 4 , born 26 July, 1804; married (1) Elizabeth Davenport; (2) 

Cornelia Davenport, half-sisters, and daughters of John Davenport. 

4. Caroline Warren 4 , married Samuel, son of William Davenport. 

5. Elijah Warren 4 , married Maria, daughter of Caleb Hawks by his wife Esther 

Barton. 

6. Susan Warren 4 , born 27 February, 1815 ; married George Wright. 

7. Thomas Warren 4 . 

8. Peter S. Warren 4 , married Polly . 

9. Beverly Warren 4 . 

Peter Warren 3 , third son of Samuel 2 and Esther (Rogers) Warren, was born 
17 February, 1771 ; died 3 March, 1818. He married Catharine, daughter of Justus 
Nelson by his wife Mary Haight, born 14 November, 1773; died, according to her 
tombstone in the church-yard of St. Philip's, Garrisons, 21 November, 181 5. Their 
children were: 

1. Justus Warren 4 , born 15 November, 1794; died 1 May, 1824; married, 12 

January, 1820, Amy, daughter of John Griffen by his wife Abigail Barret; 
born 21 December, 1798. 

2. Esther Warren 4 , born 10 May, 1796; married Morris Davenport. He died 19 

March, 1835, aged forty-four years and six months. 

3. Mary Warren 4 , born 10 June, 1800; died unmarried. 

4. Catharine Eliza Warren 4 , born 18 February, 1802; married Isaac, son of 

William and Phebe (Mekeel) Hustis. 

5. Jane Warren 4 , born 27 January, 1804; died 25 January, 1839; married Jacob 

W. Crosby. He died 1 August, 1847. 

6. John Peter Warren 4 , born 10 September, 1806; married Matilda Ann, 

daughter of Gilbert and Lydia Ireland. 

7. Samuel Nelson Warren 4 , born 10 April, 1809 ; married Barbara Underhill. 

8. Elisha Nelson Warren 4 , born 5 April, 181 1; married Hannah Cummings. 

Daniel Warren 3 , youngest son of Samuel 2 and Esther (Rogers) Warren, was 
born 1 January, 1774. He lived at Warren's Landing, near the mouth of Indian 
Brook. He married Susanna, daughter of Captain Israel Knapp, born at Philips- 
town, 1 January, 1778. 

441 



Hppenfcu 



Children of Daniel and Susanna (Knapp) Warren: 
i. Isaac Warren 4 , drowned while a young man. 

2. James Warren 4 , born 1797; died 24 December, 1879; married Phebe, daughter 

of Samuel Washburn. 

3. Elizabeth Warren 4 , married Cornelius Scofield. 

4. Mary Warren 4 , born 1802; died 17 June, 1881 ; married Stephen Davenport. 

He died 6 April, 1876, aged seventy-six years, nine months, and nineteen 
days. 

5. Samuel Warren 4 . 

6. Esther Warren 4 , born 14 May, 1806; died 14 March, 1874; married Hezekiah 

Dyckman, of Philipstown. 

7. Sarah Ann Warren 4 , born April, 1808 ; died at Weimer, Placer County, Cali- 

fornia; married Gabriel Odell, of Philipstown; removed to Illinois in i860, 
where Mr. Odell died. 

8. Hannah Jane Warren 4 , born 1 January, 1811 ; died unmarried, 13 April, 1898. 

9. Nancy Warren 4 , died young. 

10. Susanett Warren 4 , married Joseph Sherwood, of Ulster County, New York. 

11. Sylvester Warren 4 , died 1864. 

12. Katharine Warren 4 , married Samuel Emerson, of New Hampshire. She died 

at North Grantham, New Hampshire, 2 October, 1875, aged fifty-four years. 

Hon. Cornelius Warren 4 , second son of Captain John" and Sarah (Nelson) 
Warren, was born at Philipstown, 15 March, 1790; and died at Cold Spring, 28 July. 
1849. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1841, and repre- 
sented his district in Congress in 1847-49. His will of 26 July, 1849, named the 
children given below. (Putnam County Wills, Liber E, folio 153.) 

He married (1), 1 December, 1808, Hannah, daughter of Daniel* and Martha 
(Fowler) Haight, born 12 August, 1789; died 25 August, 1821. He married (2), 
in 1829, Hannah, daughter of Captain John Haight f by his wife Miriam Swim, born 
21 November, 1793; died 17 November, 1886. At the time of marriage Hannah 
Haight was the widow of the Rev. Moses Reed,f of Darien, Connecticut. 

Children of Hon. Cornelius Warren by his first wife: 

1. Eliza Ann Warren , born 22 April, 1810 ; married Samuel Hustis. 

2. Fanny Susan Warren 5 , born 15 October, 1811; married Samuel Martin Kip. 

and had issue. 



* Daniel and John Haight were brothers, the sons of Joseph Haight by his wife 
Hannah Wright. (See note to page 419.) 

t Hannah Haight, by her first husband, the Rev. Moses Reed, had Abigail D., 

married Myrick, now living at Sherman. Chautauqua County. New York, and 

Miriam, who married William Dougherty of New York City. 

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3. Sally Maria Warren 5 , born 19 February, 1813; died 15 June, 1816. 

4. Patty Jane Warren 3 , born 6 March, 1816 ; died unmarried, in 1834. 

5. Polly Warren 5 , born 6 March, 1818; died 6 March, 1886; married Abram 

Wright of Poughskeepie. Had five children. 

6. Sarah Jane Warren 5 , born 23 December, 1819; died in 1852; married Chris- 

topher McDowell. Had seven children, four of whom are now living, — 
Mary, wife of John A. McDonald ; Martha, wife of James McCabe, both of 

Bay City, Michigan ; Jane, wife of , and Eliza, unmarried, both of 

Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York. 

Children of Hon. Cornelius Warren by his second wife : 

7. Hannah M. Warren 5 , born 16 May, 1830 ; married, 6 September, 1853, Charles 

A. Fowler. Issue: Charles A. Fowler, Jr., born 15 June, 1854; died 6 
April, 1876. Cornelius John Warren Fowler, born 1 March, 1856. Freddie 
Fowler, born 20 November, 1857; died 30 January, 1861. Everitt Fowler, 
born 4 November, 1861. 

8. Cornelius John Warren 6 , born 30 September, 183 1 ; died 11 July, 1887; mar- 

ried, 1863, Mary Pindar. Issue: Margaret Fowler Warren, born 6 Sep- 
tember, 1868. John Pindar Warren, born January, 1871. Martha Warren, 
born 26 November, 1836 ; died 3 July, 1887. 

9. Martha Warren 5 , born 26 November, 1836 ; died 3 July, 1887. 

John Warren 4 , third son of Captain John 3 and Sarah (Nelson) Warren, was 
born in Philipstown, Dutchess (now Putnam) County, 29 June, 1792; died 8 
October, 1840; married Rachel, daughter of Isaac Davenport by his wife Elizabeth 
Hustis. She died at Earlville, Illinois. Issue : 

1. Admiral Warren 5 , born 22 July, 1813; died 21 October, 1813. 

2. Sylvanus Benjamin Warren 5 , born 28 November. 1814; died at Joplin, 

Missouri, 2 August, 1887; married, at Troy-Grove, Lasalle County, 
Illinois, Hannah Keyser Brown. She died at Butte, Montana, 23 October, 
1892. 

3. Isaac D. Warren 5 , born 2 March, 1817; married Mary Ann Smith. He died 

at Millington, Illinois. 

4. Sarah M. Warren 5 , born 6 April, 1819; died at Brooklyn, New York, 28 

November, 1874; married John Dougherty, who died at Flatbush, Long 
Island, in December, 1892. 

5. Betsy Jane Warren 5 , born 29 June, 1821 ; died 11 January, 1850; married 

William H. Jaycox. 

6. Harry J. Warren 5 , born 6 September, 1823 ; died in California, 17 April, 1885 ; 

married, in Illinois, in 1851, Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver B. Johnson by 
his wife Mary Skinner. No Issue. 

7. Esther Warren 5 , born 26 October, 1825; died 5 April, 1826. 

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8. Samuel M. Warren 5 , born 22 October, 1828; married at Earlville, Illinois, 

11 August, 1869, his cousin Mary E., daughter of William Lobdell by his 
wife Sarah Davenport. 

9. Susan Warren 5 , twin of above, died 23 June, 1894, at McLeansboro, Illinois ; 

married, in Philipstown, William H. Townsend. 

10. Frederick P. Warren 5 , born 16 October, 1831, settled in Illinois in 1858. In 

Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War, one hundred days. 

11. Charles Young Warren 5 , born 23 January, 1834; married at Cedar Rapids, 

Iowa, 17 February, 1867, Emma Annetta Fuller. He settled in Illinois in 
1858, where he enlisted for service in the Civil War in Company I, Fourth 
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, and removed in 1878 to York County, Nebraska. 

12. Martha E. Warren 3 , born 28 February, 1837 ; married Milton I. Hustis, son of 

Isaac and Eliza (Warren) Hustis. 

13. Phebe Warren 5 , born 6 April, 1839; married, in Illinois, 29 September, 1870, 

J. Alvin Case. 

Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., youngest son of Captain John 3 and Sarah (Nelson) 
Warren, was born at Philipstown, now Cold Spring-on-Hudson, 15 November, 1795, 
and died there 19 February, 1859. 

He was one of the executors of his father's will, and under date of 1 April, 1839, 
joined with his brothers Cornelius and Henry in executing a deed to John W. 
Brinkerhoff, of Fishkill, in consideration of $16,750, for lands which John Warren 
purchased of Thomas Searls, bounded partly by the farm of Peter Warren, Highland 
turnpike, the road leading to the river, and Cat Hill ; also for lands conveyed to 
John Warren in his lifetime by Frederick Philipse and Maria his wife, by deed 
bearing date 23 June, 1821 (Putnam County Deeds, Liber B, folios 12-15), an d by 
Samuel Gouverneur and Mary his wife under deed dated 1 May, 1832, in all about 
three hundred and fifty-four acres. (Putnam County Deeds.) Mr. Warren was a 
member of the New York Assembly of 1843. He was also a member of Philipstown 
Lodge, No. 236, of Free and Accepted Masons, and at a meeting of the Lodge held 
at Philipstown, Saturday evening, February 19, 1859, his death was announced by 
the presiding officer in feeling language, and, on motion, a committee was appointed 
to draft resolutions expressive of the sorrow of the Lodge. The resolutions drafted 
and adopted were as follows : 

" Dearly Beloved Brethren : 

" It is with pain that we heard of the death of our worthy Brother, Sylvanus 
Warren, who expired in the village this afternoon about two o'clock. 

" Again and again within the past few months have we been called upon to 
mourn the loss of our departed brethren, but the story of sadness has come up to 
us from a distance, and while we have been bowed down with sorrow, yet we have 
felt more prepared for it ; but now, indeed, has death knocked audibly at the door 

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'of our Lodge, and we have beheld one of our most esteemed and tenderly beloved 
brethren torn from our very midst, and the voice which we all so much loved to 
hear in life has been hushed in the cold and icy embrace of death, and 

" ' Sad images of the stern agony and pall 

And breathless darkness and the narrow house 
Makes us to shudder and grow sick at heart.' 

" It is not consonant with the present purpose to eulogize Brother Warren ; his 
life, whose daily scenes have been enacted in our very midst, is its own best eulogy. 

" It has fallen to the lot of but few men to fill so large a sphere of home useful- 
ness as Brother Warren. In all movements for the amelioration of suffering he 
was ever among the foremost. In all his dealings he was upright and just, and the 
timorous in business knew at all times that with him they were safe. 

" His associations with our Fraternity were always marked with great gentleness 
and kindness, and he always loved the brethren, and it is needless to say here that 
these feelings were entirely reciprocated. 

" O how often are we led to exclaim with the poet, — 

" ' The good die first, 
And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust 
Burn to the socket.' 

" Alas ! our brother, may the earth that nourished thee lie lightly on thy bosom, 
and on the glorious morning of the Resurrection may thy body arise as incorruptible 
as thy soul. 

" Brethren, we are spared, but, like the sands in the hour-glass, we are rapidly 
passing away. Let us be wise in time, that we may be the better prepared to meet 
the realities of an untried eternity. 

" We offer, in conclusion, the following resolutions : 

" Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God our Heavenly Father to call from 
among us another member of our Fraternity ; and 

" Whereas, The name of our late worthy Brother Sylvanus Warren is now 
added to the list of those whose departure we are called upon to mourn ; therefore, 

" Resolved, That in the death of Brother Sylvanus Warren his family have lost 
an affectionate and indulgent husband and father, our Fraternity a valued and much- 
esteemed member, our community an honorable and upright citizen, who has sus- 
tained an unblemished reputation throughout all the trying vicissitudes of life, and 
who leaves behind him an unimpeachable reputation and a name that will ever be 
remembered with respect by all who knew him ; therefore, 

" Resolved, That we condole and sympathize with the afflicted family and rela- 
tives of our deceased Lrother, and with heartfelt sorrow mourn with them over his 
death ; therefore, 

" Resolved, That, as a token of respect for our deceased brother, our Lodge- 

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room be draped in mourning for the space of sixty days, and the brethren wear the 
usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

" On motion, the foregoing Preamble and Resolutions were accepted and ordered 
to be engrossed on the minutes, and the Secretary transmit a copy to the family of 
our deceased Brother. 

" G. M. Mikmak, 
" Secretary of PJiilipstown | | , No. 236." 

Mr. Warren married, 15 February, 1824, Phebe, daughter of William Lickley by 
his wife Elizabeth Bell, born 13 August, 1804; died 15 December, 1870. (See 
Journal, notes 148, 150.) Children of Sylvanus and Phebe (Lickley) Warren, all 
born at Cold Spring : 

1. William John Warren 5 , born 27 November, 1824; drowned 25 June, 1828. 

2. Alexander Warren 5 , born 5 May, 1826; died 9 November, 1830. 

3. Sarah Elizabeth Warren 5 , born 18 December, 1827 ; died 3 January, 1829. 

4. Gouverneur Kemble Warren', born 8 January, 1830; died 8 August, 1882; 

married Emily Forbes Chase. By reason of its length, the sketch of Major- 
General Warren will follow those of his brothers. 

5. William John Warren 5 , born 2 November, 1831 ; died 9 July, 1901 ; married 

Edwardina Simms. 

6. Sarah Warren 5 , born 19 March, 1834, died 16 October, 1841. This is the child 

whom her grandfather John Warren remembered in his will. 

7. Cornelius Warren 5 , born 6 March, 1836; died 7 May, 1837. 

8. Eliza Warren 5 , born 21 December, 1837 ; married, 24 November, 1863, Captain 

Cornelius Hook, U.S.A., who died of yellow fever at Key West, 19 June, 
1864. 

9. Alexander»Warren 5 , born 7 April, 1839; died 14 February, 1841. 

10. Edgar Washburn Warren 5 , born 6 August, 1841 ; married Cornelia Maria 

Barrows. 
n. Emily Warren 5 , born 23 September, 1843; married Washington Augustus 

Roebling. 
12. Robert Parrot Warren 5 , born 16 November, 1847 ; died 23 January, 1876. 

William John Warren 5 , fifth child of Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., by his wife 
Phebe Lickley, was born 2 November, 1831 ; died 9 July, 1901, and was buried in 
Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. He entered the government service in 
December, 1854, as an assistant in the office of the Pacific Railroad Surveys. From 
April, 1837, to October, 1869, he was secretary of the Northwestern Boundary 
Commission and postmaster at Camp Simiahmos, Washington Territory. He was 
a clerk in the Census Office, and helped compile the fiinth census. In 1871 he was 
appointed chief clerk of the office of the Chief of Engineers, which position he held 
at the time of his death, — a period of thirty years. 

He married, at Washington, D. C, 29 January, 1861, Edwardina Simms. 

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Children of William John and Edwardina (Simms) Warren: 

i. Georgiana Warren 6 , born 4 November, 1861 ; married, 12 April, 1882, Harry 
Douglass, M.D. 

2. William Edward Warren , born 20 February, 1867. 

3. Philip Simms Warren , born 2 January, 1875; married, 27 September, 1899, 

Maud Loretta Roach. Issue: Virginia Georgiana Warren, born 15 March. 
1901. 

Edgar Washburn Warren', tenth child of Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., by his wife 
Phebe Lickley, was born 6 August, 1841. At the beginning of the Civil War he was 
appointed, in August, 1861, lieutenant in the Second Cavalry, serving as such until 
6 October, 1862; promoted to a captaincy, 31 October, 1862; mustered out, 6 August, 
1865. He was made brevet major for " gallant conduct" at the battle of Gettysburg, 
July, 1863; brevet lieutenant-colonel for "gallant conduct" at the battle of White 
Oak Road and Five Forks, 7 April, 1865 ; and brevet colonel for " faithful and meri- 
torious service during the war." 

He married, 18 January, 1865, Cornelia Maria, daughter of Samuel Barrows, of 
Cold Spring-on-Hudson. 

Children of Edgar Washburn and Cornelia Maria (Barrows) Warren: 

1. Lilian Warren , born 15 May, 1866; married, 3 December, 1895, William 

Alexander Wood.. 

2. Edgar Hayes Warren", born 30 July, 1871 ; married, 4 October, 1900, Clara 

Lockwood Somers. 

3. Helen Barrows Warren , born 15 April, 1873. 

Emily Warren 5 , eleventh child of Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., by his wife Phebe 
Lickley, was born 23 September, 1843 ; married, at Cold Spring-on-Hudson, 18 
January, 1865, Colonel Washington Augustus Roebling. the builder of the Brooklyn 
Bridge. 

Child of Washington Augustus and Emily (Warren) Roebling: 

John Augustus Roebling 6 , born at Miihlhausen Thuringen, Prussia, 21 November, 
1867 ; married, 12 June, 1889, Margaret Shippen, daughter of Edward Ship- 
pen Mcllvaine, by his wife Annie Belleville Hunt, born 31 August, 1867. 
Issue, born at Morris Plains, New Jersey : 1. Siegfried Roebling, born 
29 December, 1890. 2. Paul Roebling, born 1 May, 1893. 

Robert Parrot Warren 5 , youngest child of Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., by his 
wife Phebe Lickley, was born 16 November, 1847, and died at Camp Douglas, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, 23 January, 1876, where he is buried. 

The following is extracted from a sketch of him in the Army and Navy Journal 
of 2 February, 1876: "The breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861, found him in his 

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fifteenth year, but as he had always been forward as a boy, he, in the trying times 
that followed soon felt himself a man, and anxious to do his part. In 1861 he 
received instruction in his brother's (General Gouverneur Kemble Warren's) camp, 
at Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, then occupied by the Fifth New York Volunteers. 
There he served in the ranks without being mustered in and not going on responsible 
duty. During the anxious period that followed the seven days' battles around 
Richmond, in August, 1862, he served as a private in the Seventh Regiment of New 
York." 

On 14 October, 1863, he was appointed second lieutenant of the One Hundred 
and Forty-sixth New York Volunteers ; first lieutenant, 20 November, 1863 ; and 
captain, 1 April, 1865 ; was brevet captain, 13 March, 1865, for " gallant and meri- 
torious service" at the battle of Chapel House, Virginia, and brevet major, 1 April, 
1865, for " gallant service" at the battle of Five Forks. He was mustered out 16 July, 
1865, and made second lieutenant Twenty-fourth Infantry, U.S.A., 22 January, 1867; 
tirst lieutenant, 28 May, 1868; unassigned, 25 April, 1869; assigned to Fourteenth 
Infantry, U.S.A., 15 December, 1870. 

Major-General Gouverneur Kemble Warren', the eldest surviving child of 
Sylvanus Warren 4 , Esq., by his wife Phebe Lickley, was born 8 January, 1830; died 
8 August, 1882, and was buried in the cemetery at Newport, Rhode Island. He 
married, in Baltimore, 17 June, 1863, Emily Forbes, daughter of Algernon Sydney 
Chase, of that city. 

It would be difficult for even a loving hand to write a complete sketch of 
General Warren's life, hence the writer has concluded to present it to the reader 
as it is shown in the four publications hereinafter printed in full, which are : 
1. General Order issued by the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, 
announcing the Death of General Warren. 2. Sketch of General Warren, written 
by his classmate, General Henry Larcom Abbot, U.S.A., and published in the 
Proceedings of the Association of the United States Military Academy. 3. 
General Order of the United States Army announcing the Findings, etc., of 
the Court of Inquiry instituted on the Application of General Warren as to his 
Conduct in connection with the Battle of Five Forks. 4. General Warren's Account 
of the Operations of the Fifth Army Corps, in connection with the Battle of Five 
Forks. A few facts concerning his life, not named in these publications, are here 
noted. He was elected a member of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, in 1858 ; the American Philosophical Society, in 1867 ; the Ameri- 
can Society of Civil Engineers, in 1874, and the National Academy of Sciences, in 
1876. A heroic statue of him, by Paul Gerhardt, was unveiled with appropriate 
ceremonies on Little Round Top, Gettysburg, on August 8, 1888. Among his 
publications are, " Explorations in the Dacota Country" (two vols., Washington, 
1855-1856) ; " Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dacota in the 
Years 1855-1857" (1858), and various reports to the government on military and 
engineering subjects. 

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General Gouverneur memble TKHarren 



HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 
United States Army, 
Washington, D. C, August o, 1882. 
General Orders ) 
No. 5- i 

It has become the painful duty of the Brigadier-General Commanding to 
announce to the Corps of Engineers the death of a brother officer, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Gouverneur K. Warren, Brevet Major-General, United States Army, who died at 
Newport, R. I., yesterday. 

General Warren was graduated from the Military Academy and promoted to 
the rank of Brevet Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Topographical Engineers, 
July 1, 1850. He served as Assistant Engineer on the topographical and hydro- 
graphical survey of the Delta of the Mississippi, 1850-52, and to the Board for the 
improvement of Canal around the Falls of the Ohio, 1852-53 ; in charge of Surveys 
for the improvement of Rock Island and Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River, 
!853-54; in compiling the General Map and Reports (conjointly with Captain, now 
General, A. A. Humphreys) of Pacific Railroad Explorations, 1854; as Chief Topo- 
graphical Engineer on Sioux Expedition, 1855, being engaged in the action of Blue 
Water, September 3, 1855 ; in charge of reconnoissances in Dakota Territory, and 
making Map and Report of same, 1855-56, and in Nebraska Territory, 1856-57, and 
preparing Maps and Reports thereof, 1857-59. 

He was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Military Academy, 1859, and 
Principal Assistant Professor, 1859-61. 

He entered upon his distinguished service in the late civil war (1861-66) in 
the Department of Virginia, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifth New York Volun- 
teers, being engaged in the action at Big Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. He was 
engaged on the defenses of Baltimore, and constructing Fort on Federal Hill, 1861- 
62, being temporarily detached on expedition to Northampton and Accomac Counties, 
Va., 1861 ; in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign (Army of the Potomac), 1862, 
being engaged in the siege of Yorktown, April 11-May 4, 1862, and in command 

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of Brigade, May 24, 1862; skirmish on Pamunkey River, May 26, 1862; capture of 
Hanover Court-House, May 27, 1862 ; battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, where 
he was wounded; repulse of Wise's Division at Malvern Hill (in command), 
June 29, 1862; battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, and skirmish at Harrison's Land- 
ing, July 2, 1862. 

In the Northern Virginia Campaign, 1862. he was engaged in the battle of 
Manassas, August 30, 1862, and skirmish near Centreville, September 1, 1862. He 
was in command of Brigade (Army of the Potomac) in the Maryland Campaign, 
1862, being engaged in skirmishes and battle of Antietam, September 15-17, 1862; 
skirmish with the enemy's rear-guard on the Potomac, September 19, 1862 ; and 
march to Falmouth, Virginia, 1862. In the Rappahannock Campaign, 1862-63, he 
was in command of Brigade till February 4, 1863. He then became Chief Topo- 
graphical Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, and was engaged in the battle of 
Fredericksburg, December 13-16, 1863; making reconnoissances, 1862-63; action 
on Orange Pike, May 1, 1863; storming of Marye Heights, May 3, 1863, and battle 
of Salem, May 3-4, 1863, and as Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac, June 
8 to August 12, 1863. 

In the Pennsylvania Campaign he was engaged in charge of the re-embarka- 
tion of stores at Aquia Creek, 1863 ; reconnoissance and battle of Gettysburg, July 
1-3, 1863, where he was wounded ; and construction of bridges, and making recon- 
noissances while pursuing the enemy, July-August, 1863. 

He was in command of Second Corps (Army of the Potomac), from August 
12, 1863, to March 24, 1864. 

In the operations in Central Virginia, he was engaged in movement to Cul- 
peper and the Rapidan, September 13-16, 1863 ; combat at Auburn and Bristoe 
Station (in command), October 14, 1863; skirmish at Bull Run, October 15, 1863, 
and at Kelly's Ford, November 8, 1863; movement to Mine Run, with heavy 
skirmishing, November 26-30, 1863, and demonstration upon the enemy across Mor- 
ton's Ford, February 6, 1864. 

He was in command of Fifth Corps (Army of the Potomac), from March 24, 
1864, to April 1, 1865. 

In the Richmond Campaign he was engaged in the battle of the Wilderness. 
May 5-6, 1864 ; battles about Spottsylvania, May 8-20, 1864 ; battles of North Anna, 
May 23-25, 1864; skirmish on Tolopotomy Creek, May 29, 1864; battle of Bethesda 
Church, May 30, 1864; battles of Cold Harbor, June 1-4, 1864; skirmish on White 
Oak Swamp, June 13, 1864; assaults on Petersburg, June 17-18, 1864; siege of 
Petersburg, June 18, 1864-April 2, 1865; Petersburg Mine assault, July 30, 1864: 
actions for the occupation of the Weldon Railroad, August 18-25, 1864; combat of 
Peebles' Farm, September 30, 1864; action at Chapel House, October 1, 1864; 
skirmishes near Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864; destruction of Weldon Rail- 
road to Meherrin River, December 7-10, 1864; combat near Dabney's Mill (in com- 
mand), February 6-7, 1865; actions and movement to White Oak Ridge, March 
29-31, 1865; battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865. 

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He was in command of the defences of Petersburg and Southside Railroad, 
April 3-May I, 1865; in command of the Department of the Mississippi, May 14- 
30, 1865, and was at New York City preparing Maps and Reports of his campaigns, 
June 20, 1865, to July 31, 1866. 

General Warren was promoted successively from the grade of Lieutenant to 
that of Lieutenant-Colonel, Corps of Engineers, and Major-General, U. S. Volun- 
teers. He received the brevets of Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. Army, " for gallant and 
meritorious services at the battle of Gaines' Mill," Va., 1862; Colonel, U. S. Army, 
" for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg," Pa., 1863 ; Briga- 
dier-General, U. S. Army, " for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of 
Bristoe Station," 1865, and Major-General, U. S. Army, " for gallant and meri- 
torious services in the field during the Rebellion," 1865. 

Since the close of the War he has been Superintending Engineer of surveys 
and improvements of the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries, 1866-70; of survey 
of the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa., 1868-69, and survey of the Battlefield of 
Manassas, 1878; of Rock Island bridge across the Mississippi, 1870; of the forti- 
fications of New London and New Haven, Conn., 1870-74; of the improvement of 
certain rivers and harbors on Long Island, 1870-74 ; of construction of Block Island 
Breakwater, R. I., 1870-82. 

He was a Member of Commission to examine Union Pacific Railroad and 
Telegraphic Lines, 1868-69, and Member of many important Boards of Officers of 
the Corps of Engineers organized for the consideration of the plans and the execu- 
tion of the works of the Corps, among which were the Board on Improvement of the 
Des Moines Rapids, 1867 ; Board on Bridge across Niagara River, at Buffalo, N. Y., 
1870-71 ; on Bridging the Ohio River, 1870-71, and 1878-82 ; on plan for docks 
constructed for Breakwater at Chicago Harbor, 111., 1871 ; on the completion of Cin- 
cinnati and Newport Bridge over the Ohio, 1871 ; on the harbors of St. Louis, Mo., 
and Alton, 111., and Banks of the Mississippi, 1872; on Bridging the channel between 
Lake Huron and Lake Erie, 1873 ; on Ship Canal from the Mississippi to the Gulf 
of Mexico, 1873-74 ; to examine the St. Louis Bridge across the Mississippi, 1873 ; 
on the reclamation of the Alluvial Basin of the Mississippi, 1874-75; on Mississippi 
Bridges between St. Paul, Minn., and St. Louis, Mo., 1876, and on the improvement 
of the Mississippi River, from the Falls of St. Anthony to Rock Island Rapids, 1878. 
He was engaged in the survey of the Battlefield of Groveton, Va., and in the prepara- 
tion of campaign maps of certain operations in 1862-63 of the Army of the Potomac 
in Virginia. 

He was appointed a Member of the Advisory Council of the Harbor Com- 
missioners of the State of Rhode Island, 1878. 

In 1870, General Warren was assigned to the charge of the surveys and 
improvements of various rivers and harbors in southeastern Massachusetts ; and in 
Rhode Island and Connecticut, on which duty and in the supervision of the construc- 
tion and repair of the fortifications of New Bedford, Mass., of Narragansett Bay, 
and of Newport, R. I., he remained until the time of his death. 

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In scientific investigations General Warren had few superiors; and his elabo- 
rate reports on some of the most important works which have been confided to the 
Corps of Engineers are among the most valuable contributions to its literature. 

In the field, in the late civil war, he was a brave and energetic officer, and 
in the high command to which he attained by his patriotic valor and skill, he 
merited the admiration of the army and the applause of his country. 

He was kind and considerate in all the relations of life, and his family in its 
affliction will have the hearty sympathy of the Corps of Engineers. 

As a testimonial of respect for the deceased, the officers of the Corps will wear 
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 

By command of Brig.-Gen. Wright : 

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Sfcetcb of /IDajor*(3eneral (Bouverneur ikemble Warren pub* 

lisbeo in tbe proceedings of tbe association of 

tbe XHniteo States /IDilitarp Hcaoems* 

GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE WARREN. 

No. 1451. Class of 1850. 

Died August 8, 1882, at Newport, R. I., aged 52 years. 

It would be useless to attempt within our narrow limits to review the life 
work of a man so distinguished in many fields of honorable ambition as was General 
Warren. His scientific record will find a place in the memoirs of the National 
Academy of Sciences, of which he was long a member. It is peculiarly for us, sons 
of a common alma mater, to cherish the memory of his soldierly achievements, 
which have reflected honor upon ourselves and upon our profession. 

Gouverneur Kemble Warren was born on January 8, 1830, at the village of 
Cold Spring, within hearing of the morning and evening gun at West Point. He 
was the fourth in a family of twelve children — eight sons and four daughters. As 
a boy he was educated at the schools of his native place, and for one year at Kins- 
ley's Classical and Mathematical School near West Point, where he was a student 
when his Cadet appointment was received. He entered the Military Academy on 
July 1, 1846, at the early age of sixteen, and was graduated on July 1, 1850, standing 
second in a class of forty-four members. He was at once assigned to the Corps of 
Topographical Engineers, in the grade of Brevet Second Lieutenant. 

The first duty which devolves upon a young officer often exerts an enduring 
influence upon his professional character; and Lieutenant Warren was fortunate in 
the experience which he gained as assistant to Captain (now General) Humphreys 
upon the investigations and surveys of the Mississippi delta. The work was onerous, 
and peculiar circumstances threw him into more than usually intimate relations with 
his chief, for whom he formed a strong personal attachment which lasted through 
life. 

Lieutenant Warren's first opportunity for original research occurred in 1854, 
when he was assigned to the duty of compiling a general map of the region west 
of the Mississippi. The country was then a wilderness intersected by a few lines 
of reconnoissance, and the work demanded laborious and judicious analysis. The 



* This sketch was written by General Warren's classmate, General Henry 
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resulting map and memoir, dated in 1858, exhausts all valuable material from the 
earliest discoveries to its date, and will remain a standard historical authority. This 
work was performed under the pressure of other duties and largely at night. During 
its progress he devoted much labor to the joint report (1854) OI Captain Humphreys 
and himself upon Pacific Railroad explorations, and also conducted three seperate 
explorations in Dakota and Nebraska. 

The first of these explorations was made as the Engineer officer of Genera! 
Harney's staff, in his campaign against the hostile Sioux, memorable for the victory 
of Blue Water Creek on September 3, 1855. C» ne little incident connected with this 
expedition illustrates Warren's character. He had been sent up to the Missouri to 
Fort Pierre on duty, while the column was forming at Fort Kearney. Time was 
lacking to rejoin General Harney by water before the march began. The direct 
overland route (300 miles) led through the heart of the enemy's country and was 
wholly untravelled and unknown. Against the earnest advice of his brother-officers 
at Fort Pierre, including the commanding officer, who regarded his destruction as 
certain, Warren organized a little band of seven half-breeds and prairie men, 
successfully made the march in two weeks, and mapped his route. This exploit, 
apparently so rash, was in truth the result of an intelligent study of the chances. 
The weather was yet too warm for the probable formation of roaming war parties, 
especially as it was the season for making " sweet corn." By using no tents or fires 
at night, and by marching under cover of darkness when near an enemy, Warren 
reasoned that the well armed and alert little band could run the gauntlet — and he 
was right. Throughout his life he never lacked sagacity to plan or courage to 
execute. 

Lieutenant Warren's explorations of 1856 and 1857, covering many hundred 
miles, were made with small parties among powerful and semi-hostile tribes, for 
the purpose of obtaining the information necessary for subduing them and for open- 
ing the country to civilization. He was the first explorer of the now celebrated 
Black Hills, passing through their eastern, southern, and western outskirts. His well 
digested report and military map of Nebraska and Dakota have been of great value, 
both in the development of the country and for the scientific information that they 
contain. 

After nine years of this varied and active services, Lieutenant Warren was 
ordered in 1859 to West Point, in the department of mathematics, and he remained 
there until the outbreak of the Civil War. 

He brought to the strife an intellect fitted for high command, a courage 
which knew no fear and shrunk from no responsibility, a judgment ripened by 
responsible duties, and earnest patriotism free from fanatical bias, and an energy so 
indomitable that it carried his delicate frame through labors and exposures which 
broke down many men of stronger physique. Like most soldiers of conscious ability, 
he despised the vulgar arts and clap-trap which form the stock in trade of coarser 
natures ; and his magnanimity to the vanquished equalled his stubborn persistence 
during the contest. 

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The position of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifth New York Volunteers was 
very early tendered to Lieutenant Warren; and having received a leave of absence 
with permission to accept a volunteer command, he was mustered into the service 
in that grade on May 14, 1861. The regiment, as soon as organized at Fort Schuyler, 
was ordered to report to General Butler at Fortress Monroe, and at once proceeded 
south by sea. It came under fire for the first time in the affair at Big Bethel, fought 
on June 10, 1861, where Lieutenant-Colonel Warren was conspicuous for coolness 
and good judgment. He was the very last to leave the field, having remained to 
rescue at the risk of his life the body of his friend, Lieutenant John T. Greble, 
Second Artillery — the first in our little band of regular officers to die for the cause 
of National unity. Warren went back with about ten men, on learning of his death, 
and leaving them under cover advanced alone and carried the body in his arms to 
an abandoned limber, which was then drawn off by the party. 

On August 31, 1861, he was promoted to be Colonel of the Fifth New York. 
During the remainder of the year the regiment was stationed in Baltimore, where 
it was engaged in constructing the large earth-work on Federal Hill, and in receiving 
the thorough drilling which made it confessedly one of the very best regiments in 
the service.* 

When the Army of the Potomac moved to the Peninsula in the spring of 1862, 
the Fifth New York accompanied it. Before Yorktown it formed part of the siege 
train under the command of General Barry, Chief of Artillery, Colonel Warren in 
addition doing much personal reconnoitering of the enemy's lines as an Engineer. 
The regiment was in camp near General McClellan's headquarters ; and no officer 
who witnessed the daily dress parades of his 800 soldiers in brilliant zouave uniform 
and splendidly drilled, could fail to recognize the skill of the young Colonel as a 
disciplinarian and regimental commander. 

After the advance began (on May 24), Colonel Warren was assigned to the 
command of the Third Brigade in Sykes' Division of the Fifth Army Corps, con- 
sisting of his own and two other Infantry Regiments, a Cavalry Regiment, and a 
Light Battery. With this Brigade he covered the extreme right of the army; and 
took part in the capture of Hanover Court House ; the pursuit of Stuart's Cavalry 
after the brilliant raid round our rear (marching his Infantry 43 miles in 37 hours) ; 
the battle of Gaines' Mill, where he was slightly wounded, and his horse was twice 
shot under him; the affair of Malvern Hill on June 30, and the great battle there 



* The Prince de Joinville in 1862, in writing of our volunteer army, said, — 
" Sometimes an officer of the regular army, desirous of distinguishing himself, 
and having enough of influence in his State, raised a regiment and obtained from it 
an admirable result. Thus, a young Engineer Lieutenant named Warren was mar- 
vellously successful with the Fifth New York Regiment, of which he was the 
Colonel. The regiment served as Engineers and Artillery in the siege of Yorktown ; 
and having again become Infantry conducted itself as the most veteran troops at the 
battles of the Chickahominy, where it lost half its force." 

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of the following day. The Brigade lost 60 or 70 men killed and 150 wounded in 
these operations, chiefly in the battle of Gaines' Mill, and Colonel Warren was 
highly commended for gallantry and good conduct. 

After leaving the Peninsula, Colonel Warren's Brigade was landed at Aquia 
Creek and took part in the movements of the Fifth Corps to reinforce General Pope. 
In the c'esperate battle fought near Manassas, on August 30, 249 out of 490 soldiers 
of his own regiment were killed and wounded, and his bull-dog tenacity did much 
to cover the withdrawal of the remnants of the Corps. 

Recommended by his superior officers, and urgently pressed by General McClel- 
lan, he was appointed on September 26, 1862, Brigadier-General of Volunteers for 
distinguished conduct at the battle of Gaines' Mill. He had in the meantime been 
engaged with his brigade in the Maryland campaign and the battle of Antietam. His 
command passed through Harper's Ferry on November 1, marched to Falmouth 
and took part in the Rappahannock campaign and the battle of Fredericksburg. 

While the army lay in the winter cantonments General Warren did much 
individual work in reconnoitering and correcting the maps ; and finally, on February 
2, 1863, he was ordered as Chief Topographical Engineer to the staff of General 
Hooker, who had just assumed command of the Army of the Potomac. The two 
Corps of Engineers were consolidated by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863 ; 
and on June 8, General Warren was appointed Chief Engineer of the Army of the 
Potomac, acting in that capacity until August 12. During the six months in which 
he thus served on the staff, his papers prove that he discharged highly responsible 
duties. In the Chancellorsville campaign he took a gallant part in the action of 
Orange Pike, the storming of Marye's Heights, and the battle of Salem. 

Few better illustrations of the intensity of life at this time can be given than 
the circumstances attending General Warren's marriage with Miss Emily F. Chase 
of Baltimore, then residing with her father in that city. Hastening from the front, 
he arrived at 9 a.m. on June 17; was married at noon; and on the 20th was back 
at his post actively engaged in the movement toward Gettysburg. The life-long 
sympathy and love of his noble wife lightened many hours of despondency under 
the burden of wrongs which otherwise might have proved unendurable to a man 
of his proud and sensitive nature. 

At Gettysburg, where he was slightly wounded. General Warren brilliantly dis- 
tinguished himself as an engineer staff officer. On the second day of the battle 
(July 2d), after a personal examination of the right of the line near Culp's Hill, 
where an offensive movement on our part was in contemplation, he was drawn to 
the left by Longstreet's furious attack. At the moment when Hood, having out- 
flanked Sickles' Corps, was thrusting forward his right, Warren had fortunately 
reached the bold and rocky spur called Little Round Top — the key to the whole 
Union position. It was entirely undefended, although occupied as a signal station. 
Appreciating the vital importance of the Confederate movement, Warren ordered the 
signal men, who were preparing to avoid capture by flight, to continue waving their 
flags and thus preserve a semblance of occupation while he hurried for troops. He 

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soon encountered the head of Sykes' column hastening to support Sickles, and 
assumed the responsibility of diverting Vincent's brigade to seize and occupy the 
hill, using General Meade's name as his staff officer. How gallantly this movement 
was executed in a desperate hand to hand conflict, in which Vincent and Weed, 
O'Rourke and Hazlitt, and hundreds of other soldiers in blue laid down their lives, 
is a matter of history. It was one of the many turning points of this, the supreme 
battle of the war, and but for Warren's military coup d'oeil and prompt acceptance of 
responsibility, Gettysburg might now be known as the grave of the Union.* 

The passage of the Potomac after the battle of Gettysburg afforded an illus- 
tration of the curious expedients upon which the success of engineer operations often 
depends. The pontoons had been scuttled, and, as was supposed at the time, de- 
stroyed, in the preliminary operations of the campaign. It now became necessary 
to patch and repair the shattered boats at once; and at General Warren's personal 
suggestion, this was done successfully with cracker-boxes obtained from the Sub- 
sistence Department. 

On August 8 General Warren was appointed Major-General of Volunteers, 
to date from May 3, when he had distinguished himself with General Sedgwick's 
column at the storming of Marye's Heights and the battle of Salem. On August 11 
he was assigned to the temporary command of the Second Corps. He had thus in 
two years, without influence other than the recommendations of his commanding 
officers, fairly fought his way from the command of a regiment to that of an army 
corps. 

His first important service -in this grade occurred in Lee's flank march upon 
Centreville, in October, 1863. On the night of the 13th, when the Confederate army 
reached Warrenton, the Second Corps, forming the rear guard of the Army of the 
Potomac, bivouacked at Auburn, distant only about 5 miles. Neither army com- 
mander knew accurately the position or line of march of the other, but both were 
manoeuvring to bring on a decisive battle. The march ordered by General Meade 



* Compte de Paris, in his " History of the Civil War," frequently mentions 
General Warren, and always in complimentary terms. He refers to Little Round 
Top as a " position easy to defend and impossible to recapture," and states that 
" Warren alone seems to have then understood" the importance of the position, and 
that when it was " about to fall into the hands of the enemy, . . . the young general 
of the engineers makes a last effort to save it," and he then proceeds to tell the story 
of how this effort succeeded. 

In his account of the battle at Bristow Station he mentions General Warren as 
one " whom no incident of the battle escapes," and concludes the account in these 
words : " Warren has again shown the coup d'oeil, the coolness, and the activity 
which marks him as a distinguished commander." 

In connection with the earlier battle of Manassas, the Compte de Paris describes 
Warren as " the young chief, . . . with that war instinct for which he was always 
distinguished." — [Editor's note.] 

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for the Third, Fifth, and Second Corps on October 14 lay along the Alexandria 
Railroad toward Centreville, Lee's supposed objective. During the night of October 
13 General Stuart, with a brigade of Cavalry, found himself entangled among the 
Second Corps, and just before daylight opened suddenly with artillery upon the 
camp fires of Caldwell's division. An infantry attack by General Ewell followed 
promptly from the opposite direction. Although repelled, these attacks delayed the 
Second Corps; so that when it reached Bristoe Station a small gap existed between 
its leading division (Webb's) and the rear of the Fifth Corps, next in advance. The 
head of General A. P. Hill's Corps struck this gap and immediately attacked. The 
moment was critical, but General Warren, who was on this spot, was equal to the 
emergency. With the utmost promptitude his two leading divisions were faced to 
the left and hurried forward under fire to seize the railroad embankment and cut, 
thus securing a strong line. A sharp attack by General Hill in line of battle was 
vigorously repulsed, and 450 prisoners, 2 stands of colors, and 5 pieces of artillery, 
were captured. Warren held this position for some hours with a force of less than 
8000 men, confronting the whole of Hills' Corps (numbering about 17,000 men), 
gradually increased by the whole of Ewell's Corps during the afternoon. At dark 
he was reinforced by part of the Fifth Corps ; and during the night was ordered 
to continue his march toward Centreville. He crossed Bull Run about 4 a.m. with 
his wounded and captures, having in 24 hours twice repulsed the enemy in superior 
force and marched over 25 miles. The total loss of the Second Corps in killed and 
wounded was 433 officers and enlisted men ; and of the Confederates, in killed and 
wounded, 782 officers and enlisted men. General Humphreys, then Chief of Staff 
of the Army of the Potomac, writes : " The handling of the Second Corps in this 
operation, and the promptitude, skill and spirit with which the enemy was met were 
admirable, and might form an excellent model for the conduct of the rear-guard." 

General Meade, in an order published to the Army, said: "The skill and 
promptitude of Major-General Warren and the gallantry and bearing of the officers 
and soldiers of the Second Corps, are entitled to high commendation." 

General Warren's next conspicuous service was in the Mine Run movement 
of November, 1863. On the 29th, with his own Corps and a division of the Sixth, 
he reached a position on the extreme right of the enemy, which, after careful exami- 
nation, he reported favorable for assault. General Meade ordered a combined attack, 
to begin by an assault by Warren's command (reinforced during the night by two 
divisions of the Third Corps) at 8 o'clock on the following morning. At daylight 
General Warren discerned that the opportunity had passed; for during the night 
reinforcements had arrived and had so strongly entrenched the position as in his 
belief to render its capture hopeless. He had the moral courage to assume the 
responsibility of suspending the movement; and General Meade after an immediate 
personal inspection confirming his judgment, the useless effusion of blood was 
spared. This action of a young General in temporary command of a Corps, display- 
ing a willingness to sacrifice his own future prospects rather than squander the lives 
of his soldiers, illustrates the character of the man. 

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At the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac into three Corps for the 
Richmond campaign, General Warren was assigned by the President (March 24, 
1864) to the permanent command of the Fifth Corps. Space is lacking to trace his 
personal career during the year in which he held this high command. It will find a 
place in every true history of the war. Suffice it to say that he played a conspicuous 
and honorable part in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, 
Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, and especially in the numerous battles around 
Petersburg. Everything that ability and skill, and personal gallantry and devotion 
to the cause could do, Warren did ; and he received the highest reward of a suc- 
cessful General — the confidence, the love and the support of his soldiers. This latter 
is no vague statement; but is based upon the personal knowledge of the writer at 
the time, confirmed by many letters from officers of distinction now on file. Indeed 
the wildly enthusiastic greeting of the whole Fifth Corps on its return through 
Petersburg, establishes its truth beyond cavil. 

We come now to the battle of Five Forks. The operations which culminated 
in this decisive action are fully established by sworn testimony before the court of 
inquiry which General Warren, after nearly fifteen years of persistent effort, suc- 
ceeded in obtaining from the President. Space permits a brief summary only of 
the more salient points; but history cannot now fail to do him ample justice. 

At sunset of March 31 the Fifth Corps occupied the extreme left of the Union 
position ; and General Sheridan's cavalry was at Dinwiddie Court House — distant 
about five miles to the left and rear. Both had been severely attacked during the 
day, and the latter was still confronted by infantry and cavalry. At 8.40 p.m. Gen- 
eral Warren himself suggested that he be allowed to move in force against the rear 
of the enemy operating against General Sheridan. On his own responsibility, as 
early as 5 p.m., he had despatched a strong brigade with orders to attack that force ; 
and in consequence of this movement the Confederates withdrew during the night 
from General Sheridan's front. 

About 7 a.m. of April 1, the Fifth Corps and the Cavalry effected a junction, 
and under command of General Sheridan prepared for a combined attack upon the 
enemy — then at Five Forks, a detached position about four miles to the westward 
of the Confederate main intrenched line before Petersburg. The country was 
much wooded. The cavalry was early disposed along the enemy's front, the Fifth 
Corps (12,000 men) being left massed at J. Boisseau's until ordered forward about 
1 p.m. About 4 p.m. it had advanced about 2^ miles, and formed near Gravelly Run 
Church ready to assault. 

General Sheridan's purpose was to crush and turn the Confederate left flank 
with the Fifth Corps, at the same time assaulting their line of battle in front with 
his cavalry. 

The Fifth Corps advanced as directed by General Sheridan, Ayres' division 
on the left, Crawford's on the right, and Griffin's in reserve. The indicated point 
of attack lay too far to the right. Ayres soon received a sharp fire on his left flank 
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promptly changed front, assaulted and finally handsomely carried this angle, taking 
many prisoners. This movement left the other divisions advancing in air with only 
a cavalry force to oppose them, and Warren hastened in person to change Crawford's 
direction to the left, having previously sent orders to Griffin to move to his left and 
come in on the right of Ayres. The country was rough and wooded, and the posi- 
tion of the enemy had been supposed by General Sheridan to extend much more to 
the eastward than was actually the case. Hence the primary importance of these 
movements, in order to bring the whole Fifth Corps into action. 

In this difficult task Warren was everywhere — first with Crawford's division, 
establishing the new line of advance ; then with Griffin, directing him upon the 
enemy lying along the west side of Sydnor field — whose exact position he had just 
discovered by drawing their fire upon himself; then to Ayres, finding him in pos- 
session of the angle with many prisoners; then back to Crawford, and conducting 
the advance through the woods so as continually to outflank the enemy in his 
attempt to form new lines to cover his natural retreat (the Ford Road) and to hold 
the position at the forks. Finally Crawford's division, still accompanied by Warren, 
and having swept everything before it, found itself on the east side of the Gilliam 
field, but somewhat disorganized by the fighting through difficult woods. Confront- 
ing it on the west side was a new and last line of the enemy slightly entrenched. 

Here a pause occurred, and personal magnetism seemed called for to lead on 
the troops who for the moment had lost their organizations in the confusion. 
Warren having discharged the more pressing duty of directing the whole force of 
his Corps upon the enemy, now found time to yield to his natural impulse. He 
seized his headquarters flag, rode into the opening, and calling on the color-bearers 
to advance, led the charge. His horse fell dead under him close to the enemy's 
lines ; an orderly by his side was killed ; and his own life was probably saved by 
the gallant act of Colonel Richardson, Seventh Wisconsin, who sprang between him 
and the enemy, receiving a severe wound. This charge put an end to all resistance. 
Surrounded by his captures and flushed with victory, Warren sent back a staff officer 
to report to General Sheridan and ask for further orders. 

These orders came in writing. They relieved him from the command of his 
Corps and ordered him to report to General Grant. 

If the bullet which killed his horse had pierced the heart of the rider, Warren, 
like Wolfe dying upon the Heights of Abraham, would have gone down in history 
the hero of the battle. This order, more cruel than the bullet, doubtless caused his 
death after seventeen years of suffering which intimate friends who understood his 
sensitive organization can alone appreciate. It is pitiful that one of his last re- 
quests was to be laid in the grave without the usual military ceremonial, without 
soldierly emblems on his coffin, or uniform upon his body. The iron had entered 
his soul. 

General Grant, on April 3, assigned him to the command of the defenses of 
Petersburg and the South Side Railroad, and on May 14 he was transferred to the 
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he felt assured that the fighting was over, he resigned his volunteer commission of 
Major-General, and returned to duty as Major in the Corps of Engineers. He 
received several brevets in the regular army for gallant and distinguished services 
in battle, but with such a record as his they need not be named. 

Of his services in the civil branches of his profession since the war I shall 
here say nothing. They covered a wide range of subjects, and would give him 
prominence among eminent engineers in any country. The Corps order of General 
Wright, announcing his death, contains the following fitting tribute to these labors : 
"In scientific investigations General Warren had few superiors; and his elaborate 
reports on some of the most important works which have been confided to the Corps 
of Engineers are among the most valuable contributions to its literature." 

The lives of few graduates more perfectly illustrate the fruits of what we are 
proud to call West Point culture than that of General Warren. Everything with 
him was subordinated to duty, and he put forth his whole strength in whatever he 
had to do. His tastes were cultivated and refined, and his reading in both literature 
and science was extensive. A man of warm affections and sympathetic nature, he 
was ever ready to listen to the cry of distress. Even after his long experience in 
war, the misery of the wounded and the severe hardships of all his soldiers in 
some of the winter movements south of Petersburg, so touched his heart that he 
wrote to his brother : " I do not feel much in my own person, but I sympathize so 
much with the suffering around me that it seems at times I can hardly endure it." 
He is now peacefully at rest beyond the reach of praise or censure ; but his memory 
is a sacred legacy to West Point and to the Army of the Potomac. There is no 
nobler name upon either roll. 

Henry L. Abbot. 




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General ©roer of tbe "Clntteo States Brmp, announcing tbe 

ffinonujs, etc., of tbe Court of flnqulrs Instituted on tbe 

Hpplication of flDaj or* General (Bouverneur ikemble 

TKHarren as to bis Conouct In connection 

wltb tbe Battle of jfiv>e fforfes 



HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, 
adjutant-general's office, 

Washington, November 23, 1882. 
General Orders, ) 

No. 132. ) 

I. The court of inquiry instituted, on the application of Lieutenant-Colonel 
G. K. Warren, Corps of Engineers, by direction of the President, in Special Orders, 
No. 277, December ^, 1879, from this office (as amended by Special Orders, No. 282, 
December 15, 1879; No. ys, April 2, 1880; and No. 143, June 29, 1880, from this 
office), and of which Major-General W. S. Hancock was president until June 29, 
1880, after which date Brigadier-General C. C. Auger was president, has reported 
the following statement of facts and opinions as to the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel 
Warren, as major-general of volunteers, commanding the 5th Army Corps, at the 
battle of Five Forks, Virginia, April 1, 1865, and as to the operations of his command 
on that day and the day previous, so far as relates to his (Warren's) conduct or to 
the imputations and accusations against him : 

FACTS AND OPINIONS. 
The first imputation is found in an extract from General Grant's report, on 
page 1 1 37 of the report of the honorable Secretary of War to the First Session of the 
Thirty-ninth Congress, as follows (see also record, page 48) : 

On the morning of the 31st General Warren reported favorably to getting pos- 
session of the White Oak road, as was directed to do so. To accomplish this, he 
moved with one division instead of his whole corps, which was attacked by the 
enemy in superior force and driven back on the 2d Division before it had time to 
form, and it, in turn, forced back upon the 3rd Division, when the enemy was 
checked. A division of the 2d Corps was immediately sent to his support, the 
enemy driven back with heavy loss, and possession of the White Oak road gained. 

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The facts on this point appear from the evidence to be the following: 
At 7.30 p.m. on March 30, 1865, General Meade, then commanding the Army 
of the Potomac, telegraphed to Lieutenant-General Grant as follows : 

IV.* 

Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 

7 :30 p.m., March 30, 1865. 
Lt.-Genl. Grant: 

I send dispatch just received from Warren; line working badly. I think his 
suggestion the best thing we can do under existing circumstances, that is, let 
Humphreys relieve Griffin and let Warren move on to the White Oak road and 
endeavor to turn enemy's right — as I understand Warren — Ayres is now between 
S. and W. Dabney's, liable to be isolated he must either be supported or withdraw ; 
by adopting the proposed plan he will be supported by the whole of the 5th Corps, 
and they ought to overawe any opposition the enemy can make, except from their 
intrenchments. 

(Signed) GEO. G. MEADE, Maj.-Gen. 

The following dispatch accompanied the above, and is the first and only inti- 
mation before the Court as to General Warren's reporting favorably to getting 
possession of the White Oak road : 



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V. 

(Rec'd here at 4:42 p.m. Glasier.) 
7:20. Glasier.] 4 p.m., Mch. 30. 

Genl. Webb, Chf. Staff. 

General : Gen'l Ayres' advance now sees the White Oak road near W. Dabney's 
for 34 of a mile. There is a difficult swamp between plank-road and that place. I 
have now a continuous intrenched line from my right across Griffin's front and 
along the plank-road nearly down to Gravelly Run. If Gen'l Humphreys can take 
charge of Griffin's front, about 500 y'ds west of plank-road, with the return down it, 
I can take my corps and block the White Oak road. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, M. G. 

At 8.30 p.m. of the same day Lieutenant-General Grant telegraphed to General 
Meade as follows : 



* 1 he Roman numbers attached to this and the other dispatches herein quoted 
are the same that these dispatches bear in the four series of dispatches beginning at 
page 1239, where attached to each will be found the evidence of its receipt and 
correctness as a copy. L. L. L. 

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VI. 
8:35 p.m. (U. S. Military Telegraph.) 

By telegraph from Grant's headquarters. 

March 30, 1865. 
To General Meade: 

You may notify Parke and Wright that they need not assault in the morning. 
They should, of course, watch their fronts, and go in if the enemy strips to attack 
on our left, but the idea of a general attack by them is suspended. I have pretty 
much made up my mind on the course to pursue, and will inform you in the morning 
what it is. Humphreys and Warren may simply make secure their present position 
and await further orders. 

U. S. GRANT, Lt.-Genl. 

Since writing the above your dispatch of 7.30* rec'd. It will just suit what I 
intended to propose, to let Humphreys relieve Griffin's div. and let that move farther 
to the left. Warren should get himself strong to-night. 

U. S. GRANT, Lt.-Genl. 

At 8.45 p.m. of the same day General Meade telegraphed to General Grant as 
follows : 

VII. 

Hdqrs. A. P., 8:45 p.m., Mar. 30. 
Lt.-Genl. Grant: 

I have sent orders to Humphreys to at once relieve Warren's troops holding 
the Boydton plank-road. I have directed Warren to reinforce and strengthen Ayres, 
and to hold his whole corps ready to move at daylight, under orders that will be 
sent him. I have not given him orders what to do, because I infer from your 
dispatch you will send them to me. I have directed Parke and Wright not to attack 
towards morning, but to be prepared to assume a threatening attitude and actually 
attack if any opportunity presents itself or orders are sent to them. I am at a loss 
to account for the delay in transmission of my dispatch of 7.45. This delay will 
account for my lost dispatch. 

(S'g'd) GEO. G. MEADE, Maj.-Genl. 

Mr. Caldwell will report the receipt by Gen'l Grant of this dispatch. 

G. G. MEADE. 



* This refers to the first dispatch in this report, numbered IV. of the series of 
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Later in the day General Grant, in answer to the foregoing, directed in the 
following dispatch that if General Warren had not reached the White Oak road, he 
should not move up until further orders : 

VIII. 

(U. S. Military Telegraph. By telegraph from Gravelly Run.) 

March 30, 1865. 
To Maj.-Genl. Meade: 

Your orders to Warren are right. I do not expect to advance him in the 
morning. I suppose, however, that he was now up to the White Oak road. If he is 
not, I do not want him to move up without further orders. 

U. S. GRANT, Lt.-Genl. 

At 9.40 the next morning General Warren sent the following telegram : 

LXXX1V. 
Nunan. 9:55 a.m. 9:40 a.m., Mch. 31, 1865. 

Genl. Webb, Chf. of Staff. 

I have just rec'd report from Gen'l Ayres that the enemy have their pickets 
still this side of the White Oak road, so their communication is continuous along it. 
I have sent out word to him to try and drive them off, or develop with what force 
the road is held by them. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, Maj.-Genl, Vols. 

From the evidence in the record, it appears that the enemy had concentrated 
three Brigades on the White Oak road, and as soon as General Ayres moved out, in 
compliance with the orders as reported in the foregoing telegram, he was attacked 
on his front and left flank, probably about half-past ten, and certainly before eleven 
o'clock in the morning, by this whole force, numbering according to the testimony, 
4,500 to 5,000 men. 

The position of the 5th Corps at daylight on March 31st was as follows: The 
1st (Griffin's) Division was relieved about day-break from the breastworks west of 
the plank-road, near " Strouds," by Miles' Division of Humphreys' corps, and 
posted along and behind the east branch of Gravelly Run, northwest from the 
Boydton plank-road, its right extending up towards the left of General Humphreys' 
position. The 2d (Ayres') Division was in front of the Holliday house, about 600 
yards south of the White Oak road. The 3rd (Crawford's) Division occupied the 
part of the works south and east of the Boydton plank-road nearest Gravelly Run. 

At 7.35 a.m. of March 31st General Warren reported the positions about to be 
taken up by the several divisions of his corps as follows : 

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LXXVII. 
Nunan. 8:6 a.m. Hdqrs. 5th A. C, 7 :3s a.m., Mch. 31. 

Genl. Webb, Chf. Staff. 

Gen'l Griffin's troops will be massed near Mrs. Butler's ; General Ayres', near 
S. Dabney's ; Gen'l Crawford, about half-way between. They are along a wood road 
running from near Mrs. Butler's to W. Dabney's, on the White Oak road. It is not 
practicable now for wheels, and there is a very difficult branch of Gravelly Run that 
runs south from the White Oak ridge, joining the main stream at the crossing of 
the plank-road, which will take a long time to make practicable for wagons. I have 
all the pioneers I can spare at work on it. I will send you a sketch. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, M.-G. 

These positions according to this telegram as shown in evidence, were located 
by the " photographic or one inch map," the one mainly used in the Army of the 
Potomac. This map and the sketches based on its use by the officers in command 
were insufficient and inaccurate guides for that section, and " the road he was to 
keep" took General Ayres to the Holliday house, as given on the Michler and 
skeleton maps, a mile to the eastward of the position of " S. Dabney's." 

At 7 o'clock that morning General Warren had issued the following order : 

LXXIV. 

Headquarters 5th Army Corps, Mch. 30 (31), 1865, 7 a.m. 
Bvt. Ma j. -Genl. Crawford. 

Withdraw all your pickets south of those established by Gen'l Ayres, then 
move with your whole division out and mass it by a house occupied by a colored 
man, and then replace Gen'l Ayres' pickets from left of General Humphreys up to 
a point north of the negro house. Make your headq'rs at that house. Leave the 
pioneers of two brigades to begin to make a bridge across the stream for the passage 
of artillery. Major Cope will go with you and assist you in carrying out this order. 

By command of Maj.-Genl. Warren: 

FRED. T. LOCKE, Bvt. Col., A. A. G. 

By this order the 3rd (Crawford's) Division was to be massed by a house 
" occupied by a colored man," which was the Holliday house ; so that when General 
Crawford moved out he found himself close upon General Ayres. General Ayres 
" borrowed" from him one brigade as a support. The other two brigades of the 3d 
(Crawford's) Division were to the right and in rear of Ayres' division. The 
1st (Griffin's) division was still posted, as previously described, along and behind 
the east branch of Gravelly Run. These were, substantially, the positions of the 
three divisions of the 5th Corps at the time the reconnoissance commenced. 

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communication with General Meade, until about 10 o'clock in the morning; about 
this hour General Ayres began his reconnoissance. After his advance had proceeded 
about three hundred yards the enemy " rose up along the White Oak road" and 
advanced to the attack, and with the result as reported in the following dispatch. 

LXXXVI. 

I P.M., MCH. 31, 1865. 

Genl. Webb, Chf. of Staff. 

Gen'l: Gen'l Ayres made an advance with a small force at 10 a.m., which the 
enemy drove back and followed up in heavy force, compelling both Ayres and Craw- 
ford to fall back on Griffin, and, of course, in much confusion. Griffin's troops held 
the enemy at the run west of the plank-road. Gen'l Miles' division afterwards 
attacked the enemy and was forced back on my right. My skirmish line in front of 
Griffin, most of it, has advanced on the left. I am going to send forward a brigade 
from my left, supported by all I can get of Crawford and Ayres, and attack swing- 
ing on our right. Arrangements are being made for this, and it will take place 
about 1.45 p.m. if the enemy does not attack sooner. 

Resp't'y, G. K. WARREN, Maj.-Genl. 

Opinion. 

There seems to be no evidence that General Warren on the morning of March 
31st, or any other time, reported favorably to getting possession of the White Oak 
road, except in his dispatch (V.) of 4 p.m. March 30th, already referred to, and the 
movement suggested in that was, practically, set aside by General Grant's dispatch 
(VIII.) of March 30th, heretofore quoted. General Warren's report in his dispatch 
(LXXXIV.) of 9.40 a.m. March 31st, quoted above, that he had given orders to drive 
the enemy's pickets off the White Oak road or develop what force of the enemy held 
it, could not be fairly construed as being able to take possession of it. 

With regard to that portion of the imputation contained in the statement that 
General Warren was directed to take possession of the White Oak road, the follow- 
ing dispatch from General Meade is the only one that can bear that construction : 

LXXXV. 

U. S. M. T. 
Nunan. Hdqrs. Armies U. S., 10:30 a.m., Mar. 31, 1865. 

To Maj.-Genl. G. K. Warren. 

Your dispatch giving Ayres' position is received. Gen'l Meade directs that 
should you determine by your reconnoissance that you can get possession of and 
hold the White Oak Road, you are to do so, notwithstanding the orders to suspend 
operations to-day. 

ALEX. S. WEBB, Bvt. M.-C, C. of S. 

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And the evidence before the court shows that this order was not received by 
General Warren till after the fighting that resulted from the attempted reconnois- 
sance had begun. 

It is in evidence by Ayres' and Crawford's testimony that General Warren had 
in his advance two divisions, though the testimony does not clearly show how long 
before the attack of the enemy upon Ayres the division of Crawford reached him. 

Griffin's division was held in reserve along the branch of Gravelly Run nearest 
to and northwest from Boydton plank-road, and it may have been so held to carry 
out the intentions of the following dispatch from General Meade's headquarters: 



LXXIX. 

(U. S. M. T.) 

Nunan. 8:32 a.m. Hdqrs. A. of P., 8:25, Mar. 31, 1865. 

To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

There is firing along Humphreys' front. The maj.-gen. com'd'g desires you to 
be ready to send your reserve, if it should be called for, to support Humphreys. 
There will be no movement of troops to-day. 

(S'd) A. S. WEBB, B. M.-G. 

Rec'd 8 :4o a.m. G. K. \Y. 



The court is further of the opinion that, considering the 5th Corps constituted 
the extreme left wing of the armies operating against Richmond, and that the corps 
was in a delicate position, and liable to be attacked at any moment, of which liability 
General Warren had been repeatedly warned, he should have been with his advanced 
divisions, guiding and directing them, and that he should have started earlier to the 
front than he did, and not have waited at the telegraph office to keep in communica- 
tion with General Meade's headquarters, unless he had direct orders that morning 
so to do, which, however, does not appear in the evidence. 

The second imputation is found in the following extract from General Sheri- 
dan's report of May 16, 1865 (see record, pages 21 and 48), as follows: 

* * * had General Warren moved according to the expectations of the Lieu- 
tenant-General, there would appear to have been but little chance for the escape of 
the enemy's infantry in front of Dinwiddie Court House. 



Report. 

The position of the 5th Corps on the afternoon and night of March 31st is 
indicated by the following telegram : 

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LXXXVIII. 

[March 31, 1865] 3:40 p.m. 
Genl. Webb, Chf. of Staff. 

Gen'l: We have driven the enemy, I think, into his works. The prisoners 
report Gen'l Lee here to-day, and that their breastworks are full of men. We have 
prisoners from a portion of Pickett's and Johnson div'ns. The enemy fire artillery 
up the White Oak road from their works nearly a mile to our right of where we 
struck the road; at this point their right retires to the rear. I have just seen Gen'l 
Miles, who is close up, he says, to their works, which have heavy abattis in their 
front. 

Resp'y, G. K. WARREN, M.-G. 

The exposed situation of the 5th Corps, which occupied the extreme left of the 
lines about Petersburg, was, on the afternoon and evening of the 31st of March, an. 
object of grave anxiety to Lieutenant-General Grant, as appears in his dispatch to 
General Meade, as follows : 

XXIV. 

Dabney's Mills, March 31, 1865. 
Major-General Meade. 

The operators at my headquarters have gone to the wrong place or are still 
back. If at your headquarters will you please have them sent here to-night? I 
think Warren should be instructed to send well down the White Oak road, and also 
southwest from his left, to watch and see if there is any enemy in either direction. I 
would much rather have Warren back on the plank-road than to be attacked front 
and rear where he is. He should intrench front and rear of his left at least, and 
be ready to make a good fight of it if he is attacked in the morning. We will make 
no offensive move ourselves to-morrow. If rations were not get up to-day they 
should be in the morning. 

(Signed) U. S. GRANT, Lieut-General. 

(Signed) Geo. K. Leet, A. A.-Genl. 

The following gives directions to General Warren to secure his positions: 

LXXXIX. 

(Capt. Winslow.) Printed: (Headquarters Army of the Potomac,) 

Mch. 31, 4:30 p.m., 1865. 
Maj.-Gen. G. K. Warren, Comd'g 5th Corps. 

Secure your position ; protect as well as possible your left flank. Word has 
been sent to Sheridan, and it is believed that Sheridan is pushing up. Humphreys 

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will be ordered to push up and to connect with your right. You might, if you think 
it worth while, push a small force down the White Oak road and try to communicate 
with Sheridan, but they must take care not fire into his advance. 
By order of Gen'l Meade : 

ALEX. S. WEBB, B. M.-G., C. o. S. 

The tidings received later of the enemy's successful advance against Major- 
General Sheridan, by which the latter had been pushed back to Dinwiddie Court 
House, must have deepened the impression, already entertained, of Warren's exposed 
position, as manifested in the following dispatch : 

XCIV. 
U. S. M. T. 
8 p.m. Nunan. Hdqrs. A. of P., March 31, 1865, 7:30. 

To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

Dispatch from Gen'l Sheridan says he was forced back to Dinwiddie C. H. by 
strong force of cavalry supported by infantry. This leaves your rear and that of the 
2d Corps on the Boydton plank-road open, and will require great vigilance on your 
part. If you have sent the brigade down the Boydton plank it should not go farther 
than Gravelly Run, as I don't think it will render any service but to protect your 
rear. 

(S'd) GEO. G. MEADE, Maj.-Gen!. 

The brigade mentioned in the preceding dispatch was a force of three regi- 
ments under Colonel Pearson, which had previously been ordered by General 
Warren, by way of the plank-rcad, to the succor of General Sheridan at the Din- 
widdie Court House, in compliance with former instructions from General Meade. 

General Warren had previously, of his motion and after noticing that the 
firing in the direction of Sheridan was receding towards Dinwiddie Court House, 
sent Bartlett's brigade of Griffin's division on the Crump road to the rear of the 
enemy, who were menacing Sheridan at Dinwiddie, with directions to attack. 

Warren was afterwards notified to be ready to withdraw to the Boydton plank- 
road, as follows : 

XCVI. 
(Confidential.) Rec'd 8:40 p.m. 

Nunan. 8:35 p.m. U. S. M. T., Hdqrs. A. of P., 8:30 p.m., March 31, 1865. 
To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

The probability is that we will have to contract our line to-night. You will 
be required to hold, if possible, the Boydton plank-road and to Gravelly Run. 
Humphreys and Ord along the run ; be prepared to do this on short notice. 

ALEX. S. WEBB, Bvt. M.-Genl. 
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Warren, on the receipt of the above, suggested, in case the left of the line was 
not threatened south of Gravelly Run and east of the plank-road, that he should be 
permitted to " move down and attack the enemy at Dinwiddie on one side and 
Sheridan on the other;" and he sent the following dispatch in which he did not 
particularize the route or the time, and obviously intended to move with the whole 
corps : 

XCVII. 

8:40 p.m., Mch. 31, 1865. 
Genl. Webb, Chf. Staff. 

The line along the plank-road is very strong. One division, with my artillery, 
I think can hold it. If we are not threatened south of Gravelly Run, east of the 
plank-road, Gen'l Humphreys and my batteries, I think, could hold this securely 
and let me move down and attack the enemy at Dinwiddie on one side and Sheridan 
on the other. From Bartlett's position they will have to make a considerable detour 
to reinforce their troops at that point from the north. Unless Sheridan has been 
too badly handled I think we have a chance for an open field fight that should be 
made use of. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, M.-G. 

He was ordered to draw back to the Boydton plank-road, and to send Griffin's 
division by that road to Dinwiddie to report to General Sheridan, and haste was 
enjoined in sending the division, as follows: 

XCVIII. 
Rec'd 9:17 p.m. (L.) — Nunan. 9:15 p.m. 

U. S. M. T., Hdqrs. A. of P., 9 p.m., Mar. 31, 1865. 
To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

You will, by the direction of maj. -gen'l comd'g, draw back at once to your 
position within the Boydton plank-road and send a division down to Dinwiddie 
C. H. to report to Gen'l Sheridan. This division will go down the Boydton plank- 
road. Send Griffin's division. Gen'l Humphreys will hold to Mrs. Butler's. 

(S'd) A. S. WEBB, Bvt. M.-G., C. o. S. 

CI. 
U. S. M. T. Nunan. 9:45. 

Hdqrs. A. of Potomac, Mch. 31, '65, 9:20 p.m. 
To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

The division to be sent to Sheridan will start at once. You are to be held 
free to act within the Boydton plank-road. Gen'l Humphreys (sic) will hold to 
the road and the return. 

(S'd) ALEX. S. WEBB, B. M.-G., C. of S. 

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And the following to General Meade : 

XXXVI. 
(Telegram.) 

Dabney's, 10:15 p.m., March 31, 1865. 
Maj.-Gen. Meade. 

Let Warren move in the way you propose, and urge him not to stop for any- 
thing. Let Griffin go in as he was first directed. 

U. S. GRANT, Lt.-Genl. 

General Sheridan was notified, by the dispatch as seen below, that Bartlett's 
brigade was at Crump's house (he was really at G. Boisseau's, near by, and had 
probably received his recall to his division on the White Oak road) ; that Griffin's 
division had been ordered down the Boydton plank-road to join him; and that 
Warren would attack at daylight with two divisions by the Crump road. 

CLXXVIII. 
By staff officer. 
Printed (Headquarters Army of the Potomac), 

April 1st, 6 p.m., 1865. 
(The correct date is between 10:15 an d 10:45 p.m., March 31st, 1865.) 
Major-Gen'l Sheridan : 

Gen'l Meade has directed all the spare ambulances he can get hold of to go 
down to Dinwiddie. Bartlett's brigade is at Crump's house, on Gravelly Run. 
Griffin, with three brigades, is ordered down Boydton plank to attack in rear of force 
menacing you. Gen'l Grant is requested to authorize the sending of Warren's two 
other divisions down the dirt road, past Crump's, to hold and cover that road and 
to attack at daylight. 

ALEX. S. WEBB, B. M.-G., C. o. S. 

[On the back of this dispatch is written the following] : 

R. 

April i, 1865. 

P. S. — Griffin will join you by the plank-road and Warren will attack with 
two divisions. 

A true copy of the original dispatch, now in the War Records Office, Washing- 
ton City, except the date in brackets, which has been attested as the correct date by 
General Webb himself, and inserted by the Recorder. The body of the dispatch and 
the postscript are written in pencil, but the date of the dispatch and the date of the 

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postscript are written in ink, and in different handwriting from the rest of the 
dispatch. With reference to the hour of its receipt, see testimony, on pages 75, 76, 
and 77 of this record. 

LOOMIS L. LANGDON, 
Bvt. Lt.-Colonel, U. S. A., Recorder. 

The above dispatch should be dated between 10:15 p.m., March 31st, and 10:45 
p.m., on March 31st, 1865. 

ALEX. S. WEBB, Bvt. Maj.-Gcnl, U. S. A. 

New York City, Feb'y 24, 1881. 

General Meade sent a dispatch at 10:15 p.m., received by Warren at 10:50, 
directing him (General Warren) for the first time to move two divisions by the 
road Bartlett was on and to strike the enemy in rear; explaining that, should the 
enemy turn on him, his line of retreat would be by J. M. Brooke's and R. Boisseau's 
to the plank-road. General Meade urged him to be very prompt in this movement, 
in order to get to the forks of the road at J. M. Brooke's before the enemy, so as to 
open to R. Boisseau's. 

CIV. 
Rec'd 10:50 p.m. L. Nunan. 10:48. 

U. S. M. T., Hdqrs. A. of P., 10:15 p.m., March 31, 1865. 
To Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

Send Griffin promptly, by the Boydton P. R., but move the balance of your 
command by the road Bartlett is on and strike the enemy in the rear, who is between 
him and Dinwiddie. Gen'l Sheridan reported his last position as north of Dinwiddie 
Court House, near Dr. Smith's, the enemy holding the cross-roads at that point. 
Should the enemy turn on you, your line of retreat will be by J. M. Brooks' and 
R. Boisseau's, on Boydton plank-road. See one-inch maps. You must be very 
prompt in this movement and get the forks of the road at J. M. Brooks' before the 
enemy, so as to open to R. Boisseau's. The enemy will probably retire toward the 
Five Forks, that being the direction of their main attack this day. Don't encumber 
yourself with anything that will impede your progress or prevent your moving in 
any direction across the country. Let me know when Griffin starts and when you 
start. 

GEO. G. MEADE, Maj.-Genl. 

Acknowledge receipt. 

Regarding the foregoing, as General Warren had already been informed by 
a staff officer, Colonel Cope, that Bartlett, at G. Boisseau's, had the enemy along 
his front along the south bank of the branch of Gravelly Run, near Crump's, it was 

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impossible by any promptitude of movement to obey his instructions, as the enemy 
already occupied the objective point named by General Meade. 

By dispatch XCVIII. (before quoted), received by General Warren at 9:17 
p.m., he was first directed to send Griffin's division to join Sheridan, by the 
Boydton plank-road, as one of the brigades (Bartlett's) of this division was already 
at G. Boisseau's, by reason of the delay in getting Bartlett back. Ayres' and 
Crawford's divisions were ordered to move back, first to the plank-road, and 
Griffin to follow so soon as Bartlett rejoined him. and proceed to Dinwiddie. 

C. 
(General Orders, No. — .) 

Headquarters 5th Army Corps, 

March 31, 1865, 9:35 p.m. 

I. General Ayres will immediately withdraw his division back to where it was 
massed yesterday, near the Boydton plank-road. 

II. General Crawford will follow Gen'l Ayres and mass his troops behind the 
entrenchments near Mrs. Butler's. 

III. Gen'l Griffin will immediately withdraw Gen'l Bartlett to his present posi- 
tion, then move back to the plank-road and down it to Dinwiddie Court House, 
and report to Gen'l Sheridan. 

IV. Capt. Horill, with the escort, will remain where Gen'l Griffin's head- 
quarters now are till day-break and then come back to the plank-road, bringing in 
all stragglers. 

V. Division commanders, in executing this movement, which is ordered by 
Gen'l Meade, to see that none of their pickets or any portion of their troops are 
left behind. 

VI. Gen'l Ayres and Gen'l Crawford will have their troops under arms at 
day-break, and the chief of artillery will have all the batteries in readiness to move. 

By command of Maj.-Gen. Warren: 

(S'd) FRED. T. LOCKE. Bvt. Col. A. A. G. 

Shortly afterwards, from an examination ordered for the purpose, it was 
reported by a staff officer that the bridge on the plank-road over Gravelly Run was 
much broken, and the stream was not fordable for infantry. 

Finally, in consequence of the confusion it was supposed would be created by 
changing the order of the divisions, it was determined by Warren to send Ayres. 
instead of Griffin, to Dinwiddie. 

CV. 
Headquarters sth Army Corps, Mch. 31, 1865. 10:55 p.m. 
General Meade. 

I issued my orders on Gen'l Webb's first dispatch to fall back, which made 
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they could most rapidly move. I cannot change them to-night without producing 
confusion that will render all my operations nugatory. I will now send Gen. Ayres 
to Gen. Sheridan, and take Gen'l Griffin and Gen'l Crawford to move against the 
enemy, as this last dispatch directs I should.* I cannot accomplish the apparent 
objects of the orders I have received. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, Maj.-Genl. Comdg. 

(2:12 a.m. Nunan. Line down.) 

It was reported about 2 a.m., April 1st, that the bridge over Gravelly Run was 
finished and that Ayres was crossing it. 

A dispatch from General Meade of 11 145 p.m., March 31st, received by Warren 
at 1 a.m. of April 1st, the late reception of which was accounted for by a derange- 
ment of the telegraphic line, stated that Sheridan could not maintain himself at 
Dinwiddie without re-enforcements, and suggested, to avoid the delay caused by 
the necessity of repairing the bridge, that the re-enforcements should be sent by 
the Quaker road. 

CXI. 

Rec'd 1 a.m., April 1. G. K. W. Hdqrs. A. P., 11:45 p.m., Mar. 31. 

Maj.-Gen. Warren. 

A dispatch, partially transmitted, is received, indicating the bridge over Grav- 
elly Run is destroyed, and time will be required to rebuild it. If this is the case, 
would not time be gained by sending the troops by the Quaker road? Time is of the 
utmost importance. Sheridan cannot maintain himself at Dinwiddie without 
re-enforcements, and yours are the only ones that can be sent. Use every exertion 
to get the troops to him as soon as possible. If necessary send troops by both 
roads and give up the rear attack. 

GEO. G. MEADE, Maj.-Genl. 

If Sheridan is not re-enforced and compelled to fall back, he will retire by 
the Vaughn (Vaughan) road. G. G. M. 



* A true copy of the manifold original in General Warren's file. The word 
" Otherwise" has been, apparently, prefixed, in pencil, to the words " I cannot 
accomplish," etc., after the dispatch was written and it does not appear in the copy 
as found in the file from the Adjutant General's Office; and in the latter there is 
no punctuation in the last sentence between the words " I will now send Gen'l Ayres" 
and the close of the dispatch. A copy of this dispatch is found in General Webb's 
file of copies of dispatches rec'd and sent from Gen'l Meade's headquarters. 

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A true copy of the original dispatch, written by Gen'l Meade, and retained 
in General Warren's file. 

In the corresponding copies, as found in the file from the Adjutant General's 
Office, and in Gen'l Webb's file of dispatches at Gen'l Meade's headquarters, and in 
that from the office for the publication of the Rebellion Records, the words " in 
time" occur immediately after the words " if Sheridan is not re-enforced," and in 
the file from the first office, what appears in a postscript in the original is in the 
main body of the dispatch. 

LOOMIS L. LANGDON, Bvt. Lt.-Col, U. S. A. 

Warren replies to the last suggestion by the following dispatch : 

CXII. 

Hdqrs. 5th A. C, i :2o a.m., Apr. I. 
Genl. Meade. 

I think we will have an infantry bridge over Gravelly Run sooner than I could 
send troops around by the Quaker road. But if I find any failure, I will send that 
way. I have sent Benyard * 2 hours ago with what he thought necessary to make 
it practicable in one hour, and I trust to that. I am sending to Gen'l Sheridan my 
most available force. 

Resp'ly, G. K. WARREN, Maj.-Genl. 

After sending Ayres to report to Sheridan, Warren waited until some time 
between 5 and 6 a.m. before moving the other two divisions by the Crump road to 
make the rear attack. 

Warren finally received the following from General Sheridan : 

CXIV. 

Rec'd 4:50 a.m., April 1st. G. K. W. 
(Printed:) Headquarters Middle Military Division, 

Dinwiddle C. H.,f April 1, 1865. 
Maj.-Genl. Warren, Comdg. 5th A. C. 

I am holding in front of Dinwiddie C. H., on the road leading to Five Forks, 
for three-quarters of a mile, with General Custer's division. The enemy are in his 
immediate front, lying so as to cover the road just this side of A. Adams' house, 
which leads out across Chamberlain's bed or run. I understand you have a division 



* Benyaurd. 

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at J.* Boisseau's ; if so, you are in the rear of the enemy's line, and almost on his 
flank. I will hold on here. Possibly they may attack Custer at daylight ; if so, have 
this division attack instantly and in full force. Attack at daylight anyway, and I 
will make an effort to get the road this side of Adams' house, and if I do you can 
capture the whole of them. Any force moving down the road I am holding, or on 
the White Oak road, will be in the enemy's rear, and in all probability get any force 
that may escape you by a flank attack. Do not fear my leaving here ; if the enemy 
remain I shall fight at daylight. 

P. H. SHERIDAN, Maj.-Genl. 

And about daybreak Warren left his headquarters, at the Wilson house, near 
the plank-road, for the White Oak road, where he put in motion Griffin's and Craw- 
ford's divisions across the country to the line of the Crump road, the head of the 
column starting between 5 and 6 o'clock. Griffin went first, in column of route, 
and the rear brigade of Crawford in line of battle, to resist any adverse movement of 
the enemy intrenched along the Clairborne road. 

The distance from the White Oak road, where the 5th Corps was posted on 
the evening and night of the 31st of March, to Dinwiddie Court House was about 
six and one-half miles, and although General Ayres did not reach that place but was 
turned off, his division marched an equivalent distance. 

The distance from the position of Griffin and Crawford, on the White Oak 
road, to J. M. Brooke's, the point on the direct road from Dinwiddie Court House 
to Five Forks that General Warren was ordered, during the night of the 31st of 
March, at the hour of the receipt of General Meade's order of 10.15 p - M -> to attain 
with two divisions, was about four and one-half miles. 

It appears from the evidence that there had been heavy rains on two or three 
days prior to the night of March 31st and April 1st, and the roads were very 
muddy and the streams were full. The condition of the roads is shown by the 
following telegrams : 

XIV. 
[Telegram.] 

Gravelly Run, March 31, 1865, 7:40 a.m. 
Maj.-Genl. Meade, Comdg. A. P. 

Owing to the heavy rain this morning the troops will remain substantially as 
they now are, but the 5th Corps should to-day draw three days' more rations. 

U. S. GRANT, Lt.-Genl. 



* Lieutenant-General Sheridan testified that he was in error in saying " J. Bois- 
seau's house ;" that he " should have said Dr. G. Boisseau's ;" and that " at the time 
he wrote" this dispatch his " impression was there was a division of the 5th Corps 
at Dr. G. Boisseau's." See sworn statement, on page 53, and answer to question by 
court, page 56, of this record. L. L. L., Recorder. 

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XVIII. 

(10:28 a.m. Mixer.) Headquarters Army of the Potomac, 

10:23 am., March 31, 1865. 
Maj.-Gen. Webb, at Genl. Grant's Hdqrs. 

Gen'l Grant's dispatch to Gen'l Meade as to sparing no exertion in the execu- 
tion of orders to get rations forward to Warren is received. The chief quarter- 
master has given such instructions, and to take the rations on pack mules if the 
train can't be got up. 

(Signed) GEO. D. RUGGLES, A. A.-G. 

CXCII. 

(Cipher.) 

Dabney's Mills, April 1, 1865, 10:30 a.m. 
Lincoln, A., President, City Point. 

In my dispatch this morning I made a mistake in saying Ord lost nothing in 
the attack made on him this a.m. His casualties were about 30 killed and wounded. 
He reported no casualties in Turner's div., which led me into the error. The 
quicksands of this section exceed anything I have ever seen. Roads have to be 
corduroid (sic.) in front of teams and artillery as they advance. We were 56 
hours moving 600 teams 5 miles, with 1,200 men to help them. Through the woods 
where it is perfectly dry for infantry, horses will go through so deep as to scarcely 
be able to extricate themselves. I have nothing special to report at this time. 

(S'g'd) U. S. GRANT, Lieut-General 

Official : 

Geo. K. Leet, A. A.-G. 

General Ayres' column reached J. M. Brooke's after some delay, caused by 
having passed the Brooke's road about a mile a little after day-break. He was 
turned back and off the plank-road and directed to that point by a staff officer of 
General Sheridan. The head of the column under the command of General Warren 
reached J. Boisseau's about 7 a.m. of the 1st of April. The enemy began to with- 
draw their infantry from Dinwiddie in the direction of Five Forks about 2 a.m., 
April 1st. 

Warren in dispatch XCV., of March 31st, 8:20 p.m. (see the series of dispatches 
in record), asked, "Does Sheridan still hold Dinwiddie?" to which no reply was 
made, so far as the dispatches and the evidence in the record show. Also, in 
dispatch CXI., received by Warren at 1. a.m., April 1st, General Meade said: " Sheri- 
dan cannot maintain himself at Dinwiddie without re-enforcements, and yours are 
the only ones that can be sent." 

General Warren claims to have delayed action, in moving the two divisions to 

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make the flank and rear attack by the Crump road, until he would hear either that 
Sheridan still held Dinwiddie or that Ayres had joined him. 

It was not until 4.50 a.m., April 1st, that he received Sheridan's dispatch, 
CXIV., above quoted, stating in its closing paragraph, " Do not fear my leaving 
here; if the enemy remain I shall fight at daylight." 

Opinion. 

It is supposed that " the expectations of the Lieutenant-General" referred to in 
the imputation are those expressed in his dispatch to General Sheridan of 10.45 P-m. 
of March 31, 1865, as follows : 

CLXXIX. 

Dabney's Mills, March 31, 1865, 10:45 P-m. 
Maj.-Gen. Sheridan. 

The 5th Corps has been ordered to your support. Two divisions will go by 
J. Boisseau's and one down the Boydton road. In addition to this I have sent 
McKenzie's* cavalry which will reach you by the Vaughn (Vaughan) road. All 
these forces, except the cavalry, should reach you by 12 to-night. You will assume 
command of the whole force sent to operate with you and use it to the best of your 
ability to destroy the force which your command has fought so gallantly to-day. 

U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General. 

In which he says, " All these forces, except the cavalry, should reach you by 
12 to-night." If this supposition be correct, the court is of the opinion, considering 
the condition of the roads and surrounding country over part of which the troops 
had to march, the darkness of the night, the distance to be travelled, and the hour 
at which the order for the march reached General Warren, 10.50 p.m., that it was 
not practicable for the 5th Corps to have reached General Sheridan at 12 o'clock 
on the night of March 31st. 

Notwithstanding that dispositions suitable for the contingency of Sheridan's 
falling back from Dinwiddie might well have occupied and perplexed General War- 
ren's mind during the night, the court is of the opinion that he should have moved 
the two divisions by the Crump road in obedience to the orders and expectations 
of his commander, upon whom alone rested the responsibility of the consequences. 

It appears from the dispatches and General Warren's testimony that neither 
Generals Meade, Sheridan, nor Warren expressed an intention of having this column 
attack before daylight. 

The court is further of the opinion that General Warren should have started 
with two divisions, as directed by General Meade's dispatch (CIV., heretofore 



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quoted), as early after its receipt, at 10.50 p.m., as he could be assured of the pros- 
pect of Ayres' departure down the Boydton plank-road, and should have advanced 
on the Crump road as far as directed in that dispatch, or as far as might be prac- 
ticable or necessary to fulfil General Meade's intention ; whereas the evidence 
shows that he did not start until, between 5 and 6 o'clock on the morning of the 
1st of April, and did not reach J. Boisseau's with the head of the column till about 
7 o'clock in the morning. 

The dispatches show that Generals Meade and Warren anticipated a with- 
drawal, during the night, of the enemy's forces fronting General Sheridan, which 
was rendered highly probable from the known position in their rear of a portion 
of the 5th Corps (Bartlett's brigade) at G. Boisseau's; and the event justified the 
anticipation. 



The third imputation is found in an extract from General Sheridan's report 
of May 16, 1865 (see record, pages 21 and 48), as follows: 

* * * * General Warren did not exert himself to get up his corps as rapidly as 
he might have done, and his manner gave me the impression that he wished the sun 
to go down before dispositions for the attack could be completed. 

On the afternoon of April 1st, the 5th Corps was massed as follows: Craw- 
ford's and Griffin's divisions at the forks of the Crump road and the main road from 
Dinwiddie Court House to Five Forks, and Ayres' division on the Brooke's road, 
about one-quarter of a mile east from the forks of that road and the road to Five- 
Forks. The distance from the position of Griffin and Crawford to the place of 
formation of the 5th Corps, near Gravelly Run church, was about two and one- 
quarter miles, and the length of the corps when spread out in column of route would 
be about two and three-quarters miles. The last file of the column required as much 
time to reach the place of formation as it would have taken to march about five 
miles. 

General Warren received his orders near Gravelly Run church to move up his 
corps at 1 p.m., and it took some time to communicate those orders to the division 
and for the movement to begin. 

The route to the place of formation was along a narrow road, very muddy 
and slippery, somewhat encumbered with wagons and led horses of the cavalry corps, 
and the men were fatigued. The testimony of brigade and division commanders is 
to the effect that the corps, in line of march, was well closed up, and that no 
unnecessary delay was incurred. The corps reached its destination and was formed 
ready to advance against the enemy about 4 p.m. 

It is in evidence that General Warren remained near Gravelly Run church 
directing the formation, explaining the mode of attack to the division and brigade 
commanders, with sketches prepared for the purpose. 

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General Warren also repeatedly sent out staff officers to the division com- 
manders, in order to expedite the march. 

Opinion. 

The court is of the opinion that there was no unnecessary delay in this march 
of the 5th Corps, and that General Warren took the usual methods of a corps com- 
mander to prevent delay. 

The question regarding General Warren's manner appears to be too intangible 
and the evidence on it too contradictory for the court to decide separate from the 
context that he appeared to wish " the sun to go down before dispositions for the 
attack would be completed," but his actions, as shown by the evidence, do not appear 
to have corresponded with such wish, if ever he entertained it. 

The fourth imputation is found in an extract from General Sheridan's report 
of May 16, 1865 (see record, pages 22 and 48), as follows: 

" During this attack I again became dissatisfied with General Warren. During 
the engagement portions of his line gave way when not exposed to a heavy fire, and 
simply from want of confidence on the part of the troops, which General Warren did 
not exert himself to inspire." 

When the 5th Corps moved up to the attack General Sheridan said to General 
Ayres, " I will ride with you." General Warren was on the left of Crawford's 
division, between Crawford and Ayres. When General Ayres' command struck the 
White Oak road it received a fire in flank from the enemy's " return" nearly at right 
angles to the road. He changed front immediately at right angles and faced the 
" return," his right receiving a fire from Munford's Confederate division of dis- 
mounted cavalry, distributed along the edge of the woods to the north of White 
Oak road. There was some confusion, which was immediately checked by the 
exertions of General Sheridan, General Ayres and other officers. 

The evidence shows that General Warren was observant of Ayres, because he 
sent orders to Winthrop's reserve brigade to form on the left of Ayres' new line. 
This necessary change of front of Ayres increased the interval between him and 
Crawford, on his right. The latter was marching without change of direction until, 
as he expressed it, he would clear the right of Ayres, when he was also to change 
front to the left. 

At this moment Warren, who saw that Crawford, with Griffin following, was 
disappearing in the woods to the north of the White Oak road, sent a staff officer 
to Griffin to come as quickly as he could to sustain Ayres, went himself to the left 
brigade of Crawford, and caused a line to be marked out facing to the west, directing 
the brigade commander to form on it, then went into the woods and gave orders to 
the right brigade of Crawford to form on the same line. When he returned to the 

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open ground the brigade he had directed to change front had disappeared, as appears 
by the evidence, in consequence of orders given by an officer of General Sheridan's 
staff. General Warren sent repeated orders by staff officers, to both Griffin and 
Crawford, to change direction, and went himself to both, and finally by these means 
corrected, as far as was possible under the circumstances, the divergence of these 
two divisions. 

It appears from evidence that these two divisions were operating in the woods 
and over a difficult country, and received a fire in their front from the dismounted 
cavalry of Munford, posted in the woods to the north of the White Oak road, which 
led to the belief, for some time, that the enemy had a line of battle in front ; and 
this may furnish one reason why it was so difficult at first to change their direction 
to the proper one. 

Opinion. 
General Warren's attention appears to have been drawn almost immediately 
after Ayres received the flank fire from the " return" and his consequent change of 
front, to the probability of Crawford with Griffin diverging too much from and being 
separated from Ayres, and by continuous exertions of himself and staff substantially 
remedied matters ; and the court thinks that this was for him the essential point to 
be attended to which also exacted his whole efforts to accomplish. 

II. The proceedings and foregoing report of the court of inquiry having been 
laid before the President, the findings and opinion of the court are, by this direction, 
published to the Army. 

III. By direction of the Secretary of War the court of inquiry of which 
Brigadier General C. C. Augur, U. S. Army, is president is hereby dissolved. 

By command of General Sherman: 

R. C. DRUM, 
A dju tant-Gencral 
Official : 

Assistant Adjutant-General. 



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Bn account of tbe Operations of tbe ffiftb Hrms Corps, 

Commanoeo b£ /n>ajor*(3eneral Gouvemeur IKemble 

Marren, at tbe Battle of ffive JForfes,BprU I, 

1865, ant) tbe Battles ano flilove* 

ments preliminary to ft* 

INTRODUCTION. 

The confidence shown by the Commander-in-Chief in selecting me for the 
command of the Department of Mississippi, then the theatre of actual warfare, 
immediately after the battle of Five Forks, I deemed a thorough vindication of my 
conduct on that memorable occasion. 

I felt, though denied the official investigation which I had applied for, that I 
could leave my justification before the public to the ultimate publication of the 
official reports. I trusted, too, Gen. Sheridan's report would do me justice, and 
that he could not fail in it to acknowledge that his treatment of me was hasty and 
based on erroneous impressions. The publication of this report, dated May 16, in 
the Official Gazette, disappointed this hope, for therein, as far as mention is made 
of me, it is in terms of disparagement and in efforts to justify his inconsiderate 
action. 

After this publication I thought the investigation I sought could not long be 
denied, and I have remained silent till now, fully believing an impartial investigation 
would relieve me of the imputations of Gen. Sheridan, and place just censure on 
those by whom I have been wronged. 

To bring my professional grievances before the public is a thing from which 
I have shrunk, and I do not do so now from any love of controversy. If circum- 
stances were different I should be glad to avoid it ; but the facts being little known 
and understood, and there being many misrepresentations, I am under this neces- 
sity. I have, therefore, prepared the following narrative of facts in much detail, 
so that each one can examine and judge for himself, as, I presume, all fair-minded 
men, whose time will permit, will gladly do. 



* This account was written by General Warren, and published by him in 1866. 
(New York: William M. Franklin, Printer.) 

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In the report * of Gen. Sheridan there are three imputations against me — the 
first of which, is vaguely made, in the following : 

" Had Gen. Warren moved according to the expectations of the Lieutenant- 
General, there would appear to have been but little chance for the escape of the 
enemy's infantry in front of Dinwiddie C. H." 

If such expectations were formed, they were not reasonable, according to the 
facts. I acted during the night under orders from Gen. Meade, which, with my 
dispatches to him, and other facts, will be given. It will appear that the enemy held 
all the roads necessary for his escape ; that he withdrew from Gen. Sheridan's front 
to Five Forks early in the night, and that the swollen state of Gravelly Run and 
a broken bridge prevented my troops from reaching Gen. Sheridan till daybreak. 
It also will appear that the tenor of my orders from Gen. Meade were not that I was 
to prevent the escape of the enemy, but to use every exertion to succor Gen. Sheridan, 
who could " not maintain himself at Dinividdie C. H. without reinforcements." My 
dispatches show that it was my own suggestion to attempt to intercept the enemy 
if he remained in Gen. Sheridan's front, and not fall back, as I was at first ordered. 

The second imputation is contained in the following : 

" Gen. Warren did not exert himself to get up his Corps as rapidly as he 
might have done, and his manner gave me the impression that he wished the sun 
to go down before dispositions for the attack could be completed." 

The facts of the movements of the troops in coming up to this point are all 
given in the statements of Brevet Brig.-Gen. Bankhead, who carried my order to 
the troops to move up while I rode forward to examine the ground on which they 
were to form; and in the letters of Generals Crawford, Griffin, and Ayres, who 
commanded my three divisions. I present them here in their proper place in the 
narrative, and they are conclusive that I and my troops exerted ourselves to form 
for the attack as rapidly as possible. 

While the troops were forming I told Gen. Sheridan it would occupy till 4 p.m., 
at which time they were formed, and at which time the sun was two and a half 
hours high. Certainly I could not have expected the sun to go down before the 
" dispositions for the attack could be completed," nor have given him reason to think 
I wished it. I had at the time confidence in the success of our proposed attack, and 
the kindest feelings toward Gen. Sheridan, under whom I was glad to serve. I am 
utterly at a loss to account for the misapprehension he labored under in imputing 
such baseness to me, and I trust my conduct throughout the war has shown to those 
by whom I am best known that I am incapable of it. 



* Extracts from this report, giving all that relates to me, are placed in the 
appendix to this narrative. 

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The third imputation is contained in the following: 

" During this engagement portions of his line gave way when not exposed to a 
heavy fire, and simply from want of confidence on the part of the troops, which 
Gen. Warren did not exert himself to inspire." 

I had, at the time of the engagement, to control the movements of an entire 
corps d'armee, fighting and changing front as it advanced through the forests. It is 
clearly a case for the exercise of a corps commander's judgment, how far he shall 
at any time give his personal efforts to the general control of his corps, or 
assist his subordinate commanders in the commands, and whether he shall use 
his staff and himself to rally troops who break under a not very severe fire, from 
want of confidence, or to so direct other portions of his command as to thereby 
remedy the evil which this giving way produced. Whatever is vital to the success 
of the whole is the thing deserving the corps commander's attention, and to that, 
throughout, I gave mine. On account of the forest Gen. Sheridan saw but one 
flank of the operations of my command, and was no further cognizant of my exer- 
tions. He saw nothing of the fighting of Gen. Crawford's division, which suffered 
more from the enemy's fire than any other. There was no part of my command that 
did not witness my exertions at one time or another, and my horse was fatally shot 
close to the enemy's breastworks. To those who served under me I refer for proof 
of my exertions, and, as they represent every section of our country, any one who 
wishes can verify my assertion by those around him. 

If Gen. Sheridan had stated which of my troops misbehaved for want of my 
presence, I could bring the evidence of their commander to bear in my defense. 
But how this exertion could have been specially required of me I am at loss to 
understand ; for he says himself, " I cannot speak too highly of the troops in this 
battle and the gallantry of their commanders." 

The duty of every soldier to obey has its correlative which entitles him to the 
protection of those under whom he serves, and this I have been denied. 

Gen. Sheridan says : 

" I therefore relieved him from the command of the Fifth Corps, authority for 
this action having been sent to me before the battle, unsolicited." 

From the time that authority reached him he, apparently, sought occasion to 
use it. I say this with regret ; but the tone of the report toward me, and his hasty 
action, indicate that it was so. If a victory won by my command, under my direc- 
tion, could not gain me credit, where the plans made were, as he says, " successfully 
executed," and where my efforts and directions were known to almost every one 
then nothing could. 

Gen. Grant, while giving the above authority to Gen. Sheridan, had never 
signified to me, in the remotest manner, any dissatisfaction with me. I had had 

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no direct official relations with him. My instructions all came through Gen. Meade, 
and to him all my reports were made. If Gen. Grant had ever expressed himself 
displeased with me to Gen. Meade, the latter had kept it from me ; and he ever 
showed, by intrusting to me the advance of the army on many vital occasions, 
and often sending me on detached expeditions, the highest confidence in me, and 
this is well known. 

I shall further reply to the imputations of Gen. Sheridan while giving the 
narration of the events to which they relate, which narration, I hope, will possess an 
interest of its own, independent of its defense of me. 

NARRATIVE. 

In order to introduce the battle of Five Forks intelligently, I will first describe 
the previous operations of March 29th, 30th, and 31st, and shall do so but briefly, 
in order to confine attention particularly to the 1st of April and the orders of the 
night before. 

My command, on March 29th, consisted of Gen. Crawford's Division, five 
thousand two hundred and fifty strong ; Gen. Griffin's Division, six thousand one 
hundred and eighty strong ; and Gen. Ayres' Division, three thousand nine hundred 
and eighty strong. I took with me, as directed, only five four-gun batteries, under 
Gen. Wainwright. I had no cavalry, except an escort of forty men, under Capt. 
Horrell. 

All the cavalry of the army, except head-quarter escorts, was with Gen. Sheri- 
dan, whose operations were to be so distinct from mine that I was ordered to act 
entirely independent of any protection he could give my flanks. My position 
throughout was on the left flank of the infantry and artillery, army of Gen. Meade. 

To facilitate the understanding of the subject, I have added to my narrative 
a reliable map, on a scale of one mile to an inch. The region represented is of the 
character common in Virginia, level, much covered with thick and tangled woods, 
and well watered by numerous small, swampy streams. The soil was clayey or 
sandy, which, when commingled in wet places, partakes of the nature of " quick- 
sand," and where, upheaved by the winter frosts that now had left it, presented 
little less support to wheels or hoofs than would a bank of snow. 

I enumerate here the officers of my staff, not merely because it is due to them 
whenever the operations of the 5th Army Corps are considered, but also to point out 
those to whom any one can specially refer for the correctness of what I write. This 
staff has had probably as much experience in the actual warfare as any other that 
could be named. It consisted of Col. H. C. Bankhead, Inspector-General, and Major 
Wm. T. Gentry, Commissary of Musters, both graduates of the United States 
Military Academy; of Col. F. T. Locke, Adjutant-General, which position he had 
held from the organization of the corps, in May, 1862; of Col. A. L. Thomas, Chief 
Quarter-Master ; of Col. D. L. Smith, Chief Commissary of Subsistence ; of Col. 
T. R. Spencer, Medical Director; of Dr. Chas. K. Winne, Medical Inspector; and 

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MAP OF 

BATTLE FIELD OF FIVE FORKS.VA 

April 1st 1865 at id of 
Field of operation preliminaryto it 

showing the operations of 

THE FIFTH ARMYCORPS. 

Commanded by Maj. Gen. G.K.Warren. 

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■■■ lst.DnZlh. Corps Bvt.Jlaj. Gen 1 Chas. Griffin Com'// 

f I 2nd. ' h'JIAvrrs 

B^S Oil . S. II.' Crawford 

Scalr finch per mile. 



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occupied., and engaged, his front 




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of Capt. Malvern, Chief Ambulance Officer, and B. Halstead, Lieut, and A. A. G. 
To these, for the time, was added Capt. Wm. H. H. Benyaurd, of the Regular 
Engineers, detached from Gen. Meade's staff to accompany me, and who gave me 
most important assistance, as also did Major Van Bokkelen, of the Volunteer 
Engineer Brigade, who joined us with a light canvas pontoon train. My personal 
aides-de-camp were Major E. B. Cope, a most valuable topographical officer; Capt. 
James S. Wadsworth, son of the lamented Gen. James S. Wadsworth; and Capt. 
Gordon Winslow, son of the like lamented Rev. Gordon Winslow. 

BATTLE OF QUAKER ROAD. 

We left our camp, in the rear of the lines at Petersburg, at three a.m., on 
March 29th. We moved south, across Rowanty Creek, below the junction of 
Gravelly and Hatcher's Run, took the road thence to Dinwiddie C. H., as far as the 
Quaker road, then turned up this latter, and crossed Gravelly Run. 

A sharp engagement took place between a division of the enemy and my ad- 
vance, consisting of Gen. Griffin's Division, at the Old Saw-Mill site, in which Gen. 
Griffin drove the enemy back to the junction of the Quaker road and Boydton 
Plank-road, inflicting upon him a severe loss, and losing himself three hundred 
and sixty-seven killed and wounded. 

It commenced raining in the night, and continued to do so heavily all day 
on the 30th. During this day, Gen. Griffin's line was advanced, with heavy skirmish- 
ing up the Boydton Plank-road, so as to confine the enemy, near Burgess' Mill, 
to his breastworks along the White Oak Road. A reconnoissance by General Ayres' 
Division was also made, as far west as where the enemy's line along the White Oak 
Road turned northward to Hatcher's Run, and our picket line established near the 
White Oak Ridge. Finding on personal examination that, though we could see the 
road, our pickets did not occupy it, I directed this occupation to be made that 
evening. 

BATTLE OF WHITE OAK RIDGE. 

Toward daylight on March 31st, Gen. Griffin's Division was relieved by a 
portion of the Second Army Corps. At 7h. 35m. a.m., in answer to a dispatch of 
Gen. Webb, requesting to be informed of the location of my troops, I sent the 
following : 

" Gen. Griffin's troops will be massed near Mrs. Butler's, Gen. Ayres near 
S. Dabney, Gen. Crawford about half-way between. They are along a wood-road 
running from near Mrs. Butler's to W. Dabney's, on the White Oak Road. It is 
not practicable now for wheels, and there is a very difficult branch of Gravelly Run 
that runs south from the White Oak Ridge, joining the main stream at the crossing 
of the plank-road, which will take a long time to make practicable for Wagons. 
I have all the pioneers I can spare at work on it. I will send you a sketch." 

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It must be noticed here that, at this time, we were quite ignorant of the country 
I was operating in, and the following corrections are now necessary in the above 
dispatch. The place, " S. Dabney's" did not exist, though on our printed maps. The 
place taken for S. Dabney is marked on the map, " unknown." The road, instead of 
joining the White Oak Road at W. Dabney's does so near " Butler's." Gen. Griffin's 
Division was just north of Mrs. Butler's, but this name was given to indicate the 
approximate location on the map. 

The space occupied by the troops extended but little beyond a mile. Gen. 
Crawford's Division was in juxtaposition with Gen. Ayres, and massed ready to 
fight in any direction. Gen. Ayres was cautioned to be prepared to meet the enemy's 
attack both from the north and west, and reconnoissances were being made to gain 
a full knowledge of the country. 

At 8h. 40m. a.m., I received the following dispatch from Gen. Webb: 

" There is firing along Gen. Humphreys' front. The Major-General command- 
ing desires you to be ready to send your reserve, if it should be called for to support 
Gen. Humphreys. There will be no movement of troops to-day." 

To this I at once sent the following reply : 

" Your dispatch of 8h. 25m. a.m., is just received. There is a good deal of 
musketry firing going on in our lines, by the men firing off their guns to put in 
fresh loads. Unless I break loose entirely from Gen. Humphrey's, I think the force 
he sent to relieve Gen. Griffin is much more than, under any circumstances, would 
be needed there. My troops are, however, at all times as ready to move as it is 
possible to keep them for a long time. If the enemy break Gen. Humphreys' line at 
any time, or threaten to do so, I shall not wait for orders to assist him, if I can." 

At 8h. 50m. a.m., I received the following from Gen. Humphreys: 

" Please let me know where your right will rest, that I may connect with you. 
Gen. Miles has relieved Gen. Griffin, and I find a vacant space on his left." 

To this I at once replied as follows : 

" I send you a sketch of the country west of the plank-road, and a copy of 
my communication to Gen. Webb, as to my position. I cannot take up any regular 
line of battle on account of the woods and swamps, but have assembled each division 
at a point, so they can fight in any direction. I had a brigade of Gen. Griffin's and 
a battery stationed at Stroud's for support. I don't think your left could be turned 
(even if I moved away) without having full information. But as my troops now 
are, I could move Griffin right up on your flank along with my artillery. I shall 
work hard all day to get the road through the woods in order." 



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At 8h. 55m. a.m., I received the following from Gen. Webb: 

" Owing to the weather, no change will to-day be made in the present position 
of the troops. Three days' rations, subsistence and forage will be brought up and 
issued to the troops, and the artillery and wagons authorized to accompany them. 
The empty supply wagons will be sent to the rear, to be refilled at the railroad 
terminus. The Chief Engineer and Corps Commanders will use every exertion <o 
make practicable the roads to the rear and communications with their several com- 
mands." 

At 9.40 a.m. I sent the following dispatch to Gen. Webb: 

"I have just received a report from Gen. Ayres that the enemy have their 
pickets still this side of the White Oak Road, so that their communication is continu- 
ous along it. I have sent out word to him to try and drive them off, or develop 
with what force the road is held by them." 

This operation I deemed essentially necessary to the security of our own 
position, and I directed Gen. Ayres to use a brigade, if necessary, the distance 
being but a few hundred yards. In answer to it I received the following dispatch 
from Gen. Webb, written 10.30 a.m. : 

" Your dispatch, giving Gen. Ayres' position, is received ; Gen. Meade directs 
that should you determine, by your reconnoissance, that you can get possession of 
the White Oak Road, you are to do so, notwithstanding the orders to suspend 
operations." * 



* Comparison of the preceding dispatches with the following extract relating to 
the same subject, taken from Lieutenant-General Grant's report to the Secretary 
of War, dated July 22, 1865, published with the annual documents, shows that 
Lieut.-Gen. Grant must have been misinformed in relation to the reports made by 
me and the orders I received. 

(extract.) 

" On the morning of the 31st, Gen. Warren reported favorably to getting pos- 
session of the White Oak Road, and was directed so to do. To accomplish this, he 
moved with one division instead of his whole corps." 

It is seen that the operations proposed by me and ordered, were as Gen. Meade 
describes, of the nature of a "reconnoissance" only, the result of which was to 
determine what was to be done. Special arrangements would have to be made with 
Gen. Humphreys if Griffin's division had to be moved up to the point where 
Generals Ayres and Crawford were. The action of the enemy, however, interfered 
with the plans, as they often did, and produced the resulting operations. 

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Gen. Winthrop, with his brigade of Gen. Ayres' division, advanced accordingly 
about half-past 10 a.m., and was repulsed, and simultaneously an attack, which had 
been prepared against Gen. Ayres, was made by the enemy in heavy force, both from 
the north and west, and Gen. Ayres' division was forced back. Gen. Ayres did all 
that was in his power to stay the enemy. I hastened toward the point of attack, but 
on arriving near Gen. Crawford's division, it was also falling back, and all our 
efforts to hold the men in the woods were unavailing. Gen. Griffin's line was then 
formed along the east bank of the branch of Gravelly Run, with Mink's battery 
on his right, and after some severe fighting the enemy was stopped. Gen'ls Crawford 
and Ayres reformed their troops behind this line. Information of these events were 
sent to Gen. Humphreys early in their occurrence, and he sent Gen. Miles' division 
to close the space between his left and Gen. Griffin's right. One brigade of this, also, 
advanced to the attack of the enemy, but was at first driven back. 

At i p.m. I made the following report to Gen. Webb: 

"Gen. Ayres made an advance with a small force at 10 a.m.. which the enemy 
drove back and followed up in heavy force, compelling both Ayres and Crawford to 
fall back on Griffin, and, of course, in much confusion. Griffin's troops held the 
enemy at the Run west of the Plank-road. Gen. Miles' division" (a brigade of it) 
" afterward attacked the enemy and were forced back on my right. My skirmish 
line in front of Griffin (most of it) has advanced on my left. 

" I am going to send forward a brigade, supported by all I can get of Craw- 
ford and Ayres, and attack, swinging on our right. Arrangements are being made 
for this, and it will take place about 1.45 p.m., if the enemy does not attack sooner." 

Owing to some difficulties in crossing the Run, this advance, which was thus 
made with the whole available corps, took place a little after the time specified above. 
Gen. Humphreys' division, under Gen. Miles, also advanced against the enemy about 
the same period on our right, but the movement was not made in close connection 
with mine. It is my intention to enter more into details when I receive the official 
reports of my division commanders. 

At 3.40 p.m. I wrote, from the White Oak Road, the following dispatch to 
Gen. Webb : 

" We have driven the enemy, I think, into his breastworks. The prisoners 
report Gen. Lee here to-day, and also that their breastworks are filled with troops. 
We hav" prisoners from a portion of Pickett's and Johnson's divisions. 

" Gen. Chamberlain's brigade acted with much gallantry in their advance, 
capturing nearly the entire Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, with its flags." 

We met with but little opposition in this advance, so that only this one brigade 
was earnestly engaged. 

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The loss of the corps, in killed and wounded, from the morning of March 29th 
to the close of the battle of White Oak Ridge, was eighteen hundred, and included 
several distinguished soldiers. 



OPERATIONS TO SUCCOR GEN. SHERIDAN. 

Thus far my operations were independent of those of Gen. Sheridan, but at 
this point they came into direct relation to him, and the narrative will be given in 
more detail. It must be borne in mind, however, that I acted under Gen. Meade's 
orders till daybreak of the morning of April 1. 

About 5 p.m., March 31, while on the White Oak Road, I received the fol- 
lowing from Gen. Webb, chief of staff: 

" Secure your position, and protect, as well as possible, your left flank. Word 
has been sent to Sheridan, and it is believed that Sheridan is pushing up. Gen. 
Humphreys will be ordered to push up and to connect with your right. You might, 
if you think it worth while, push a small force down the White Oak Road, and try 
to communicate with Sheridan, but they must take care not to fire into his advance." 

The rattle of musketry could now be heard southwest from us, which seemed 
to us to be receding, and which led us to thirk that the enemy was driving our 
cavalry. I then ordered Gen. Griffin to send Gen. Bartlett, with his brigade, directly 
across the country, so as to attack the enemy on the flank, and I sent Major Cope, 
of my staff, with him. At 5.15 p.m.., I received the following from Gen. Webb, 
which directed what before had only been suggested : 

" The Major-General commanding directs that you push a brigade down the 
White Oak Road to open it for Gen. Sheridan, and support the same if necessary. 
The firing is so near that the General presumes that the command will not have far 
to go. The distance you will push out must depend on the circumstances of the 
movement and the support you can give them." 

Thus, at the time when to Gen. Meade it seemed " the firing is so near," it 
plainly sounded to us more and more distant, indicating that our cavalry was falling 
back, of which I soon had confirmation. 

At 5.50 p.m. I sent the following to Gen. Webb : 

" I have just seen an officer and a sergeant from Gen. Sheridan's command, who 
were cut off in an attack by the enemy and escaped. From what they say, our 
cavalry was attacked about noon by cavalry and infantry, and rapidly driven back, 
two divisions— Crook's and Devin's— being engaged. The firing seemed to recede 
from mc toward Dinwiddie C. H. I have sent Gen. Bartlett and my escort in that 

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direction, but I think they cannot be in time. I hear cannonading that I think is 
from near Dinwiddie C. H." 

About 6.30 p.m. I received the following from Gen. Webb: 

" A staff officer of Gen. Merritt's has made a report that the enemy has pene- 
trated between Sheridan's main command and your position — this is a portion of 
Pickett's division. Let the force ordered to move out the White Oak Road move 
down the Boydton Plank Road as promptly as possible." 

The force I had sent under Gen. Bartlett had now been gone an hour, and to 
recall it would have required two hours at least for it to reach the Boydton Plank- 
Road, and make it too late for use before dark. My artillery had all been left on 
the Boydton Plank-Road on account of the mud, which had compelled me to do so, 
and Gen. Griffin had left Brevet Brig.-Gen. Pearson there, with three regiments of 
infantry, of Brevet Major-Gen. Bartlett's brigade, to support it. I therefore sent 
the following dispatch to Gen. Webb, at 6.30 p.m., which explained what I did: 

" I have ordered Gen. Pearson, with three regiments that are now on the 
Plank-road right down toward Dinwiddie C. H. I will let Bartlett work and report 
result, as it is too late to stop him." 

It was then nearly dark. 

Having reconnoitered the enemy's breastworks on the White Oak Road, I 
added the following, concerning them, to my dispatch of 6.30 p.m. : 

" We can see the enemy's breastworks for two miles east along the White Oak 
Road. If they are well manned they cannot be carried. I cm within two hundred 
yards of where they turn off northward from the White Oak Road." 

I then gave directions to secure the position we had gained by intrenching, and 
proceeded, with my staff, back about two miles to the Boydton Plank-road, at which 
place I could communicate by telegraph with Gen. Meade during the night. Gen. 
Meade's headquarters were distant four and a half miles, near where the Vaughan 
Road crosses Hatcher's Run. Gen. Grant's were near Dabney's Mill, about four miles 
from me. Gen. Sheridan's at Dinwiddie C. H, distant five and a half miles, and 
separated from me by a stream not fordable for infantry where it crossed the 
Boydton Plank-road, and the bridge was broken down. Gen. Grant and Gen. Meade 
were about ten miles from Gen. Sheridan. 

About 8 p.m. I received the following dispatch from Gen. Meade, written 
7.30 p.m. : 

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"Dispatch from Gen. Sheridan says he was forced back to Dinwiddie C. H. 
by strong force of cavalry supported by infantry. This leaves your rear and that 
of the Second Corps on the Boydton Plank-road open, and will require great 
vigilance on your part. If you have sent the brigade down the Boydton Plank-road, 
it should not go farther than Gravelly Run, as I don't think it will render any 
service but to protect your rear." 

Gen. Pearson had been compelled to stop at Gravelly Run on account of the 
swollen stream and broken bridge. 

At 8.20 p.m. I wrote to Gen. Webb : 

" I sent Gen. Bartlett out on the road running from the White Oak Road and 
left him there. He is nearly down to the crossing of Gravelly Run. This will 
prevent the enemy communicating by that road to-night. I have about two regiments 
and the artillery to hold the Plank-road toward Dinwiddie C. H. It seems to me 
the enemy cannot remain between me and Dinwiddie C. H. if Sheridan keeps fighting 
them, and I believe they will have to fall back to the Five Forks. If I have to 
move to-night I shall leave a good many men who have lost their way. Does 
Gen. Sheridan still hold Dinwiddie C. H.?" 

At 8.40 p.m. I received, by telegraph, the following, marked confidential, from 
Gen. Webb : 

" The probability is that we will have to contract our lines to-night. You will 
be required to hold, if possible, the Boydton Plank-road and to Gravelly Run — 
Humphreys and Ord along the Run. Be prepared to do this at short notice." 

I regretted exceedingly to see this step foreshadowed, for I feared it would 
have the " morale" of giving a failure to our whole movement, as similar orders had 
done on previous occasions. It would beside relieve the enemy in front of Sheridan 
from the threatening attitude which my position gave me, and I therefore sent the 
following, by telegraph, at 8.40 p.m., to Gen. Webb : 

" The line along the Plank-road is very strong. One division, with my artillery, 
I think, can hold it, if we are not threatened south of Gravelly Run, east of the 
Plank-road. Gen. Humphreys and my batteries, I think, can hold this securely, and 
let me move down and attack the enemy at Dinwiddie C. H. on one side and Sheri- 
dan on the other. On account of Bartlett's position they (the enemy) will have to 
make a considerable detour to reinforce their troops at that point from the north. 
Unless Gen. Sheridan has been too badly handled, I think we have a chance for an 
open field fight that should be made use of." 

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My object was not effected at once, for at 9.17 p.m. I received the following, 
by telegraph, written by Gen. Webb at 9 p.m. : 

" You will, by direction of the Major-General commanding, draw back at once 
to your position within the Boydton Plank-road. Send a division down to Dinwiddie 
C. H., to report to Gen. Sheridan. This division will go down the Boydton Plank- 
road. Send Griffin's division. Gen. Humphreys will hold to Mrs. Butler's." 

Whereupon I issue the following order to my command, which was sent out 
9-35 P-M. : 

" I. Gen Ayres will immediately withdraw his division back to where it was 
massed yesterday, near the Boydton Plank Road. 

" II. Gen. Crawford will follow Gen. Ayres, and mass his troops behind the 
intrenchments near Mrs. Butler's. 

" III. Gen. Griffin will immediately withdraw Gen. Bartlett to his present posi- 
tion, then move back to the Plank-road and down it to Dinwiddie C. H., and report 
to Gen. Sheridan. 

" IV. Capt. Horrell, with his escort will remain where Gen. Griffin's head- 
quarters now are till daybreak, and then come back to the Plank Road, bringing in 
all stragglers. 

" V. Division commanders, in executing this movement, which is ordered by 
Gen. Meade, will take care to see that none of their pickets or any portion of the 
troops are left behind. 

" VI. Gen. Ayres and Gen. Crawford will have their troops under arms at day- 
break, and the chief of artillery will have all the batteries in readiness to move." 

At 9.50 p.m. I received, by telegraph, the following from Gen. Webb, written 
9.20 p.m. : 

" The division to be sent to Sheridan will start at once. You are to be held 
free to act within the Boydton Plank Road. Gen. Humphreys will hold to the road 
and the return." 

To this I immediately replied : 

"Your dispatch of 9.20 is just received. I had already sent out my orders, of 
which I send you a copy. You directed Gen. Griffin to be sent to Gen. Sheridan at 
once. It will take so much time to get his command together that I withdrew the 
other divisions first, they being unengaged ; but this will not retard Gen. Griffin. 
The bridge is broken on the Plank-road, and will take I hardly know how long to 
make practicable for infantry. I sent an officer (Capt. Benyaurd, Engin'r) to 
examine it as soon as your first order was received. He now reports it not passable 

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for infantry. It requires a span of forty feet to complete the bridge, and the 
stream is too deep to ford. Nevertheless, I will use everything I can get to make 
it passable by the time Gen. Griffin's division reaches it." 

Gen. Griffin's division in addition to the delay on assembling Gen. Bartlett's 
brigade, had to withdraw a picket line in front of the enemy, and, if it moved first, 
the others, pending it, had to relieve this picket line. 

The bridge over Gravelly Run we had found broken by the enemy on our 
occupation of the Plank-road on the 29th. As I was required to operate independent 
of the cavalry, and protect my own flanks, it was desirable to me (being in my rear, 
as I faced the enemy on the White Oak Road), that it should remain so. Even the 
dispatch of this evening. from Gen. Meade, which I received at 8 p.m. (previously 
given), would have justified me in destroying it had it yet been standing intact. 
I had no pontoons with me now ; the supply with which I started on the 29th had 
been used in bridging Rowanty Creek and the Quaker Road crossing of Gravelly 
Run, and the boats and engineers were kept there for the service of the trains. 

At 9.15 p.m. I received, by telegraph, the following dispatch from Gen. Webb, 
written 10.40 p.m. : 

" Since your dispatch of 8.20 p.m., the General commanding finds that it is 
impossible for Bartlett to join Griffin in time to move with any promptitude down 
the Boydton Plank-road. He therefore directs that you send another good brigade 
to join Griffin, in the place of Bartlett's, in this movement. Sheridan was attacked 
by five brigades from Gordon's corps — three from Pickett's; possibly by two from 
Gordon's, one of them being Hoke's old brigade." 

This dispatch showed that my previous one, giving the condition of the bridge 
at Gravelly Run, had not yet been received. I deemed it would show, when it was, 
that Gen. Bartlett could join Gen. Griffin before the bridge would be passable, and 
that Griffin could thus reach Sheridan as soon as any one, and require no change 
in my previous order ; and, while waiting the result of the reception of the knowl- 
edge of the state of the crossing by Gen. Meade, I at 10.50 p.m. received the following 
dispatch from him, written 10.15 p.m.: 

" Send Griffin promptly, as ordered, by the Boydton Plank Road, and move the 
balance of your command by the road Bartlett is on, and strike the enemy's rear, 
who is between him and Dinwiddie C. H. Gen. Sheridan reports his position as 
north of Dinwiddie C. H., near Dr. Smith's, the enemy holding the cross-roads at 
that point. Should the enemy turn on you, your line of retreat will be by J. M. 
Brooks' and R. Boiseau's, on the Boydton Plank-road. (See one inch map.) You 
must be very prompt in this movement, and get the forks of the road and J. M. 
Brooks' before the enemy, so as to open to R. Boiseau's. The enemy will probably 

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retire toward Five Forks, that being the direction of their main attack this day. 
Don't encumber yourself with anything that will impede your progress or prevent 
your moving in any direction. Let me know when Griffin starts and when you 
start." 

This dispatch also showed that mine, concerning the crossing of Gravelly Run, 
was still not received. That I did not over-estimate the effect of this dispatch, when 
it should reach, is proved by Gen. Meade's dispatch written at 11.45 p -M. (See p. 24.) 
It also showed complete ignorance of the position of the enemy along " the road 
Bartlett is (was) on," for the enemy already held this road on the south side of 
Gravelly Run, and, if not themselves at J. M. Brooks', occupied our approach to it. 
The condition of affairs here is given by Major Cope, in his report as follows: 

" About 5 p.m. you directed me to lead Bartlett's brigade by a direct road, if 
possible, toward the sound of firing in the direction of Dinwiddie C. H., and attack 
the enemy in the rear. I immediately reported to Gen. Bartlett, who had his column 
put in motion. The left of the corps rested in open ground. We came out from 
the left and crossed this ground for a half a mile; then we came to a small branch 
of Gravelly Run on the edge of the timber. Here we found a wood-road that ran 
in the right direction. We followed it one mile through the wood over rolling 
ground, crossing the branches of Gravelly Run. At the south edge of this timber, 

and in open ground on a hill, stands Dr. 's house (and here our skirmishers 

became engaged with the enemy's pickets). The ground slopes from here to Gravelly 
Run, and is open all the way down. The enemy, after considerable skirmishing, 
were driven down the slope and across the Run three-quarters of a mile from the 
house. The house is near a main road leading north from Dinwiddie C. H. to the 
main road. Gen. Bartlett established a line of pickets along Gravelly Run crossing 
this road. He also kept videttes out on his right watching this road and other 
approaches in the rear. It was much after dark when he had made the proper 
disposition of his troops, and then we began to turn our attention to the number 
and extent of the enemy's camp-fires. They seemed to stretch for miles on the 
south side of the Run, and we could distinctly hear them chopping, moving wagons 
and talking." 

In addition to this, the enemy held the point on the road Bartlett was on, where 
it joins the White Oak Road, as had been ascertained by Major Gentry of my staff, 
while endeavoring to communicate with Gen. Bartlett. The Major lost his orderly 
by capture, while he narrowly escaped himself. 

It was now one hour and a half since my order had been sent withdrawing the 
divisions to the Plank-road, so that I supposed they were all moving back toward 
the Plank-road, along the forest road, with its single bridge across the branch of 
Gravelly Run, and in the order of Ayres, Crawford, Griffin, with Gen. Bartlett's 
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occur by bringing Gen. Griffin to the Plank-road and sending back Gen. Ayres, one 
of which would have to leave the road for the other to pass, and to save the time 
that would be lost by each division in changing their relative places, I determined 
to send Gen. Ayres' division to Dinwiddie C. H. instead of Gen. Griffin's, as it 
greatly simplified and expedited the operation, and saved the men's strength so sorely 
tried. It had, besides, the effect to prevent the separation of brigades from their 
proper divisions, and keep each intact— a matter of importance. As quickly as I 
could write it, I at u p.m. issued the following order: 

" ist. Gen. Ayres, instead of halting his command, as directed in his last order 
(see mine on p. 17), will proceed down the plank-road to Dinwiddie C. H., and 
report to Gen. Sheridan. He will send a staff officer to report here when the head 
of the column arrives. 

"2d. Gen. Crawford and Gen. Griffin will mass their divisions at the point 
where the order reaches them, and report their position by the officer that brings it. 
A change of plan makes this change of order necessary." 

I note here, a little out of the order of time, that I did not learn the position 
of Gen. Crawford and Gen. Griffin till 1 a.m., and so difficult had it been to get the 
troops in motion on this intensely dark and stormy night, that, although this order 
from me was sent one hour and a half after the one for them to fall back to the 
Plank-road, yet it found them still in the same position. It must be remembered 
that our troops, so near the enemy, could not be roused by drums and bugles or 
loud commands, but each order had to be communicated from each commander to 
his subordinate, from the General till it reached the non-commissioned officers, which 
latter only could arouse each man by a shaking. 

The obstacles to overcome in carrying out so many orders in the darkness of a 
stormy, starless night, when the moon had set, deserves a statement of them in 
detail. 

The roads and paths the staff officers and messengers would have to take, 
were often filled with troops, and were as bad as clayey soil at the breaking up of 
winter could make them. These routes were mostly shut in by the evergreen 
forests through which they passed, rendering the night's darkness as profound as 
that of the deepest caverns. The horse, exhausted for want of food and wearied 
with life-and-death exertions, carried his rider slowly through the mud, and stag- 
gered and stumbled over the obstructions. The messenger disappeared on his 
mission the instant he moved, and once out of call of the voice, could not be stopped 
or found till he had made the tour his instructions required, and returned to the 
place of departure. On arriving at his destination, the messenger, though, perhaps, 
familiar with it in the daylight just closed, could scarce recognize it in the light of 
the camp-fires, which burned around him on every side, showing everything in 
disproportioned and unreal forms. By these fires, the exhausted soldiers slept 
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half in their sleep. The commanding officers, to escape the noise of drivers urging 
their struggling teams along the muddy roads, and the straggling of men over them 
as they slept, were compelled, in seeking repose, to establish their head-quarters a 
little away from the main routes ; and this alone many times caused vexatious delays 
in getting orders to them. Added to these were the vicissitudes of battle, which 
always left the commands and detachments scattered, more or less, as the day 
closed, and much increased the difficulties of getting the orders for a general move- 
ment in the night, sometimes causing such detachments to be left entirely without 
orders, when all the rest of their commands had moved away. 

Knowing all these things, every precaution was used to provide for them, but 
yet they always existed. 

In order to comply with Gen. Meade's first order, I had first to send an 
officer to each division. Then Major Cope was the only person capable of taking 
an order to Gen. Bartlett's Brigade, and he was sent. I had sent Major Gentry to 
ascertain Gen. Bartlett's location ; but he, taking the White Oak Ro,ad, found the 
enemy holding the junction of it with the one Gen. Bartlett was on, and failed, as 
before stated, to find a way to him. I had to send another officer for the pioneers, 
and go with them at once to the crossing of Gravelly Run, to make the bridge. I 
had to send another to the bridge itself, to report the condition of the crossing. I 
had, with my full complement of staff officers, but the following available, all the 
others being engaged in their appropriate departments : Col. Bankhead, Major 
Gentry, Major Cope, Capt. Benyaurd, Capt. Wadsworth, and Capt. Winslow. 

Having, under these circumstances, made my dispositions to execute one order 
for a general movement promptly, it is easy to see what strait I was placed in to 
countermand those orders before the officers, sent out with the first one returned. 

But to resume the narration. After I had sent the order last quoted, I in- 
formed Gen. Meade what I had done, as follows : 

" I issued my orders, on Gen. Webb's first dispatch, to fall back, which made 
the divisions retire in the order they could most readily move, viz. : Ayres, Crawford, 
and Griffin. I cannot change them to-night without producing confusion that will 
render all my operations nugatory. I will now send Gen. Ayres to Gen. Sheridan, 
and take Gen. Griffin and Gen. Crawford to move against the enemy, as this last 
dispatch directs I should. Otherwise, I cannot accomplish the apparent objects of 
the orders I have received." 

I proceeded to make the necessary orders and arrangements to move with the 
two divisions as soon as I could. The movement had to be made without artillery, 
or ambulances, or ammunition wagons, and instructions had to be given, in the two 
latter cases, for special provisions. The Chief of Artillery had to be informed, and 
relations established between him and Gen. Humphreys, commanding the Second 
Corps, whose troops were required to take my place along the Plank-road. 

At twenty minutes past twelve, I received the following from Gen. Humphreys: 

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" I am directed to resume my position of this morning, &c, &c. At what time 
do you propose to move? I propose to move simultaneously with you." 

To this I sent the following reply : 

"I have just received your dispatch, by Capt. Wistar. Under the order to 
withdraw at once" (viz., that received at 9.17 p.m.), "I thought we each could do so 
individually under cover of darkness, and so ordered. I have since received orders 
to attack the enemy with two divisions, sending one down the Plank-road to report 
to Gen. Sheridan. My artillery, five four-gun batteries, under Gen. Wainwright. 
will remain on the line of the Plank-road. I think the enemy that drove Gen. 
Sheridan must withdraw to-night. I had a brigade on the road north from 
J. Boiseau's. I have now orders to move against the force that attacked Sheridan, 
and shall send all I have to move there, or wherever the firing of battle near us may 
indicate." 

At 1 a.m., I received reports from my officers who had returned from carrying 
my order of 11 p.m., and learned the position of Gens. Crawford and Griffin. At this 
time, I received the following dispatch from Gen. Meade, written by him at nh. 
45m. p.m. : 

"A dispatch, partially transmitted, is received, indicating the bridge over 
Gravelly Run is destroyed, and time will be required to rebuild it. If this is the 
case, would not time be gained by sending the troops by the Quaker Road? Time 
is of the utmost importance. Sheridan cannot maintain himself at Dinwiddie with- 
out reinforcements, and yours are the only ones that can be sent. Use every exer- 
tion to get troops to him as soon as possible. If necessary, send troops by both 
roads, and give up the rear attack. If Sheridan is not reinforced, and compelled to 
fall back, he zvill retire by the Vaughan Road." 

On receiving this dispatch, showing so much solicitude for Gen. Sheridan's 
position, and the necessity of reinforcing him directly, even if I had to countermand 
the previous order, and forego entirely the rear attack, and which, also, left the 
question for me to determine, I felt much anxiety about what to do. The night 
was far advanced. The distance to Dinwiddie C. H. by the Quaker Road, from 
the location of my troops, was over ten miles. It was impossible for them to reach 
there by that road before 8 a.m. By that time they could be of no use in holding 
Dinwiddie C. H. In this case, the most direct route for the rear attack would be 
down the Plank-road, where Gen. Ayres was marching. This attack, too, would be 
then the most effective, as the whole corps would be together in making it, and all 
in communication with head-quarters and Gen. Sheridan, which might be of great 
importance. If Gen. Sheridan retired by the Vaughan Road, too, the rear and right 
flank of Gen. Humphreys would be left exposed, as stated in Gen. Meade's dispatch. 

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received by me at 8 p.m. (already given here). To send the division around by the 
Quaker Road was to break my command up in three pieces, and, if it had been done, 
it is doubtful if the success of the 1st of April would have been gained, as the men 
thus sent would have been too exhausted to reach the Five Forks that day. 

I therefore determined that it was best to abide the movements already begun, 
and keep the two divisions, Griffin's and Crawford's, where they were, till I could 
hear that Gen. Ayres certainly had reinforced Gen. Sheridan. The men of the two 
divisions were gaining, while waiting this result, a little of that rest they stood so 
much in need of, on this their fourth night of almost continual deprivation of it, 
and we had but a short distance to move before reaching the enemy, near J. 
Boiseau's. 

Having determined this, at one p.m., I wrote the following dispatch to Gen. 
Meade : 

" I think we will have an infantry bridge over Gravelly Run sooner than I 
could send troops around by the Quaker Road. But if I find any failure, I will send 
that way. I have sent Capt. Benyaurd (two hours ago) with what he thought was 
necessary to make it practicable in one hour, and trust to that. I am sending to 
Gen. Sheridan my most available force." 

At 2.5 a.m., I learned the following, which I sent Gen. Webb : 

" The bridge over Gravelly Run Capt. Benyaurd reports now practicable for 
infantry, and Gen. Ayres advancing across it toward Dinwiddie C. H. I have given 
Gen. Ayres orders to report to Gen. Sheridan." 

At 4^2 a.m. I received information that Gen. Ayres had communicated with 
Gen. Sheridan, and, while I was just mounting to join Generals Griffin and Craw- 
ford, to move across the country against the enemy at J. Boiseau's, I received the 
following from Gen. Sheridan, at 4.50 a.m., which is published with his report, and 
there stated to be written at 3 a.m. 

" I am holding in front of Dinwiddie C. H., on the road leading to Five Forks, 
for three-quarters of a mile, with Gen. Custer's division. The enemy are in his 
immediate front, lying so as to cover the road just this side of the Adams' house, 
which leads out across Chamberlain's bed or run. I understand you have a division 
at J. Boiseau's ; if so, you are in rear of the enemy's line and almost on his flank. 
I will hold on here. Possibly they may attack Custer at daylight; if so, have this 
division attack instantly and in full force. Attack at daylight anyway, and I will 
make an effort to get the road this side of Adams' house, and if I do, you can 
capture the whole of them. Any force moving down the road I am holding, or on 
the White Oak Road, will be in the enemy's rear, and in all probability get any 
force that may escape you by a flank attack. Do not fear my leaving here. If the 
enemy remain I shall fight at daylight." 

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This suppositious state of affairs given above promised most brilliant results, if 
true, but it was not. The enemy occupied the position at J. Boiseau's on the pre- 
ceding night, and instead of my having a division there, the nearest to it I had 
was Bartlett's brigade, about three-quarters of a mile north of Gravelly Run, the 
crossing of which the enemy guarded. Even this brigade of mine I had to withdraw, 
by Gen. Meade's order, at 9.35 p.m. I fully expected, if the enemy had not retreated, 
to have to fight a battle in order to get across Gravelly Run near to J. Boiseau's, and, 
if the enemy had designed to stay, we undoubtedly must have done so. I so antici- 
pated in my instructions to Gen. Griffin. About 5 a.m. Gen. Griffin left his position 
near the enemy on the White Oak Road, and moved directly and rapidly across the 
country to Crump's. He found the enemy had left the crossing of the Run open, 
and he moved on to J. Boiseau's, meeting at the forks of the road our cavalry, under 
Gen. Devin. At this point Gen. Griffin reported to Gen. Sheridan, as I had directed, 
should such a state of affairs as was found be developed. 

I remained with Gen. Crawford's division, which we formed to retire in line 
of battle to meet the enemy, should he pursue us from his breastworks, as I con- 
fidently expected he would as soon as he discovered our movements.* I also 
deployed my escort to retire toward the Plank-road to take back any men or supplies 
which might be coming to that point through ignorance of the changes that had been 
made in the night. Gen. Griffin's march having been unobstructed, I did not reach 
him till he had met our cavalry. I then ascertained, too, that Gen. Ayres' division 
was massed about half a mile south of us near J. M. Brooks's. 

It will be recollected that Gen. Ayres began to move back from the White Oak- 
Road by an order from me, sent at 9.35 p.m., and was the first intimation of sending 
troops to Gen. Sheridan. No orders stopped him, nor did anything delay him but 
physical obstacles — such as the darkness, bad roads and broken bridge. I will now 
quote from his report the result : 

" The division was ordered to move down the Boydton Pike during the night 
of March 31, and report to Gen. Sheridan at Dinwiddie C. H. Before arriving there 
it was met by a staff officer of Gen. Sheridan, with instructions to turn off on a 
road leading west into a road leading from Dinwiddie C. H. to the White Oak 
Road" (i.e., from R. Boiseau's to J. M. Brooks's), "and come upon the left and rear 
of the enemy, who was facing Gen. Sheridan's command near Dinwiddie. As we 
approached, just after daylight, the enemy hastily decamped." 



* The neglect of the enemy to follow up Gen. Crawford's division as he with- 
drew is still inexplicable to me, for had they done so, Gen. Lee would have been 
early informed of the movement of our infantry against his detached force at Five 
Forks, and either have reinforced them or warned them to withdraw, and the dis- 
aster to them which resulted might not have occurred. It seems to me an oversight 
not to have been expected from our previous experience. 

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This actual trial disposes of the question of the ability of my troops to reach 
Gen. Sheridan by midnight. It took Gen. Ayres till daybreak. 

It may be said, in support of the expectations, that the state of the bridge and 
stream were not known when the expectations were formed ; but they should have 
been. The route was used for communications between Gen. Grant and Gen. 
Sheridan the two preceding days. But even if not known then, they certainly were 
when Gen. Sheridan wrote his report and Gen. Grant authorized its publication, and 
it was but manly and just to have then corrected any unfavorable impression his 
lack of knowledge at the time may have caused him to take up concerning me. 

But, let us suppose the two divisions that Gen. Grant directed to be moved by 
J. Boiseau's, were expected to reach Gen. Sheridan by midnight. The order which 
I received was written by Gen. Meade 10.15 p.m., five minutes after Gen. Grant's to 
Gen. Sheridan. It reached me 10.50 p.m., thirty-five minutes after being written. 
Supposing all possible dispatch used, twenty minutes at least would be required for 
me to make the necessary arrangements ; twenty more minutes would be required to 
carry my orders to the divisions; twenty more minutes for them to transmit them 
to the brigades ; and forty minutes, at least, for the troops to get ready to move ; 
for it must be remembered that no bugles or drums could be used to sound calls or 
arouse the men. No general could make plans based on greater rapidity of execution 
than here allowed, and our experience rarely realized it on the most favorable 
occasions, while this was one of the least so. Summing up these intervals of time 
we have two hours to add to the time of Gen. Grant writing to Gen. Sheridan. I 
venture to say it took nearly this time for the note itself to reach Gen. Sheridan. 
Adding these two hours, would make it at least twelve o'clock before my two 
divisions could move. They then had four miles to traverse, taking the White Oak 
Road, before reaching the crossing of Gravelly Run, which would occupy till 2 a.m. 
They had then to cross the stream and strike the rear of the enemy opposed to 
Gen. Sheridan, enumerated by him as follows : 

" The opposing force was Pickett's division, Wise's independent brigade of 
infantry, and FitzHugh Lee's, Rosser's, and W. H. Lee's cavalry commands. This 
force is too strong for us." 

To join Gen. Sheridan by midnight, on this route, I then had to capture or 
destroy whatever of this force was between me and Gen. Sheridan. Any expectations 
more unreasonable could not have been formed, nor would I attribute them to any 
one not wholly ignorant of the true state of the case. 

In regard to intercepting the enemy, the facts show it was impossible under 
the circumstances. I learned from deserters that they had begun to move toward 
Five Forks as early as 10 p.m. the night before, believing their position would be 
untenable the next morning. They had consequently withdrawn in the night, carry- 
ing off their wounded and leaving only a cavalry picket in Gen. Sheridan's front, 
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be seen by a dispatch of Gen. Meade to Gen. Grant, dated 6 a.m. (given hereafter), 
that Gen. Sheridan must have been aware of this withdrawal of the enemy early 
in the night. 

While awaiting with Gen. Griffin for instructions from Gen. Sheridan, who 
had advanced with the cavalry toward Five Forks, I received, about g l / 2 a.m., the 
following order, written by Gen. Webb at 6 a.m. : 

" Gen. Meade directs that, in the movements following your junction with Gen. 
Sheridan, you will be under his orders, and will report to him. Please send a report 
of progress." 

I sent the report of progress requested, which was in accordance with the facts 
hereinbefore given. 

To show how Gen. Meade was led to send me this order, I will give a copy 
of a dispatch from him to Gen. Grant, written 6 a.m., April i, an official copy of 
which was furnished me : . 

" The officer sent to Sheridan returned between 2 and 3 a.m., without any 
written communication, but giving Gen. S.'s opinion that the enemy were retiring 
from his front. The absence of firing this morning would seem to confirm this. I 
was asleep at the time this officer returned, and did not get the information till just 
now. Should this prove true, Warren will be at or near Dinwiddie soon, with his 
whole corps, and will require further orders." 

This dispatch shows an important circumstance also that affects the question of 
my ability to intercept the enemy. The officer that brought Gen. Meade this informa- 
tion from Gen. Sheridan, between 2 and 3 a.m., could not have left Gen. Sheridan 
less than two hours previous, the distance being about ten miles over the worst 
possible roads; so that Gen. Sheridan thought the enemy was retiring as early, at 
least, as between 12 and 1, and the information could scarce have reached Gen. 
Sheridan, from his picket line, in less than one hour's time, so that the enemy's 
movements in retiring must have become apparent as early, at least, as between 11 
and 12. This confirms the reports deserters, in the morning, gave me, and which 
the completeness of the withdrawal sustains. Thus, at the very time of the night 
that Gen. Sheridan thought the enemy retreating, I was impressed, by repeated 
dispatches from Gen. Meade, that Gen. S. could not hold on without reinforcements, 
and I acted under that authority and belief. 

The order from Gen. Meade placing me under Gen. Sheridan's orders, how- 
ever, was not necessary for that purpose, as I should have obeyed any orders Gen. 
Sheridan might give me, recognizing him as my superior army commander. 



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BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS. 

When I met Gen. S., at about n a.m., his manner was cordial and friendly. 
I had never served with him before. 

After talking with Gen. Sheridan a short time, at the place I found him, while 
he was occasionally receiving reports from his cavalry, he mounted and rode off 
to the front. At i p.m. an officer brought to me an order to bring up the infantry. 
I at once dispatched Col. (now Brevet Brig.-Gen.) Bankhead to give the orders to 
the division commanders to bring up their commands, specifying the order which I 
thought they could most rapidly move in. I then went up the Five Forks Road in 
advance of the infantry, to see Gen. Sheridan and to inform myself of the use to be 
made of my troops, so that no time would be lost on their arrival. Gen. S. explained 
to me the state of affairs, and what his plan was for me to do. This I entered upon 
most cordially. Gen. S. had placed an officer back on the road to mark the point 
where my command was to turn off. I then rode back to the point indicated, turned 
up the road which led by Gravelly Run Church, and examined the ground, and 
employed my escort, which had by this time rejoined me, to picket the front I was 
to take up, so as to prevent the enemy, discovering the presence of the infantry. 

Gen. Sheridan's order was to form the whole corps before advancing, so that 
all of it should move simultaneously. He specially stated that the formation was 
to be oblique to the road, with the right advanced, with two divisions in front and 
the third in reserve behind the right division. The number of lines and consequent 
extent of front he left me to decide. Upon examination, I determined on an 
equivalent of three lines of battle for each of the front divisions, arranged as 
follows : Each division was to place two brigades in front, each brigade in two lines 
of battle, and the third brigade in two lines of battle behind the centre of the two 
front lines. The third division to be posted in column of battalions in mass behind 
the right. To Gen. Ayres I assigned my left, Gen. Crawford my right, and Gen. 
Griffin my reserve behind the right. In moving, they were instructed to keep 
closed to the left, and to preserve their direction in the woods, by keeping the sun. 
then shining brightly, in the same position over their left shoulders. 

Gen. Ayres placed the Maryland Brigade on his left, in two lines, and Gen. 
Gwin's Brigade on his right ; this last brigade was formed in three lines instead of 
two, as the regiments could not be so well disposed in two lines. Gen. Winthrop's 
Brigade, Gen. Ayres formed as his reserve. Gen. Crawford formed his line so as to 
place Col. Kellogg's Brigade on his left, Gen. Baxter's Brigade on his right, and Gen. 
Coulter's Brigade as his reserve. 

The length of the front we occupied was about a thousand yards. The casual- 
ties of the three preceding days, together with those who had given out from weari- 
ness, or were absent on detached duty, had probably reduced our effective force at 
least a thousand men in each division below that which we set out on the 28th, 
so that we had then present about twelve thousand men. 

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While the troops were forming, I prepared the accompanying sketch, with 
explanations, for each division commander, and directed them, as far as time would 
admit, to explain it to the brigade commanders : 



" The following is the movement now about to be executed : 



" April i, 3 p.m. 




" The line will move forward as formed till it reaches the White Oak Road, 
when it will swing round to the left, perpendicular to the White Oak Road. Gen. 
Merritt's and Gen. Custer's Cavalry will charge the enemy's line as soon as the 
infantry get engaged ; the cavalry is on the left of the infantry, except McKenzie's, 
which is moving up the White Oak Road from the right." 

Gen. Griffin, in his report, says the formation prior to the attack was as follows : 

" The First Division on the right flank formed in three lines, with one brigade 
on the right en echelon." 



I supplied Gen. Griffin with the same sketch and plan of operations as I had 
Gen. Ayres and Gen. Crawford, in which I thought I indicated Gen. Griffin's position 
in rear of the right. But the necessity for him to protect his own flank, and the 
wedge-like shape of the formation, as a whole, led Gen. Griffin to regard his division 
as on the right. 

Gen. Sheridan says, in his report, that he directed " one division to be formed 
in reserve opposite the centre." This is a mistake, his order was to form it in 
rear of the right. The line was to be formed " obliquely to and at a point a short 
distance from the White Oak Road," this threw the right in the advance, and it was 
supposed by him. would strike the enemy first and need the support. 

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During the formation of my troops, I used all the exertions possible to hasten 
their arrival, and everything was so prepared for them, that they marched at once to 
their assigned position without a halt. 

Gen. Sheridan expressed to me the apprehension that the cavalry, which con- 
tinued to fire on the enemy, would use up all their ammunition before my troops 
would be ready. I informed him that they would not all be in position before 4 p.m., 
but that I was ready to move at once with whatever was at hand, if he directed, and 
let the rest follow ; but he did not. His impatience was no greater, apparently, than 
I felt myself, and which I strove to repress and prevent any exhibition of, as it would 
but tend to impair confidence in the proposed operations. When everything possible 
is being done, it is important to have the men think it is all that success requires, if 
their confidence is to be retained. 

Against Gen. Sheridan's most ungenerous statement, that I gave him the im- 
pression that I wanted the sun to go down, I simply place my denial, and trust that 
my whole conduct in life, and especially in this war, sustains me in it. The sun did 
not set until two hours and a half after the formation was completed. 

In proof of the efforts I made to get the troops in position, and the rapidity 
with which they did move, I present the following communications from Brevet 
Brig.-Gen. Bankhead, of my staff; Brevet Maj.-Gen. Crawford, commanding Third 
Division; Brevet Maj.-Gen. Griffin, commanding First Division; Brevet Maj.-Gen. 
Ayres, Second Division. 

Gen. Bankhead writes me, under date of June 27 : 

"Sir: In reply to your letter of the 17th inst, received the 25th, I have the 
honor to state that I was with you April 1st, at the time you received some instruc- 
tions from Gen. Sheridan, through one of his staff officers. As to the nature of the 
orders I am not aware, further than that you immediately turned to me, and directed 
me ' to bring up the corps at once along the road we were at the time, and that you 
would meet the column yourself; that the divisions would march in the following 
order, viz., Third, First, Second.' I immediately galloped back, and gave the 
orders, in person, to Generals Griffin and Crawford. As I was directed to see the 
head of the column was started on the right road, I sent the order to Gen. Ayres, 
commanding Second Division (who was further off to the right), by one of your 
Aids, either Major Cope or Capt. Wadsworth. 

" The orders were obeyed promptly, and the troops moved out as expeditiously 
as the nature of the road and the crowded state it was in (being blocked up with 
led cavalry horses) would admit. Every exertion appeared to be made by Gen. 
Crawford, who had the advance, to keep the road clear for the infantry to pass. I 
remained with the head of the column until within a short distance of the place it 
was halted and placed in position to make the attack. 

(Signed) , " H. C. Bankhead, 

" Brevet Col. Ass't Insp.-Gen." 

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The following is from Gen. Crawford, dated July 17: 

" General: In reply to your communication of June 17, asking if my division 
did not move, with all practicable dispatch, in forming prior to our attack on the 
enemy at the battle of Five Forks, I have the honor to state, that the troops under 
my command moved at once, upon the receipt of the order, and that, in my opinion, 
no unnecessary time was lost from that time till they were formed as you directed. 
(Signed) " S. W. Crawford, 

" Brevet Maj.-Gen." 

The following is from Gen. Griffin, dated June 26 : 

" General: In reply to your communication of the 17th instant, in reference to 
the movement of the First Division just prior to the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 
1865, I have to state I was in command of that division on that day, and about 
2 o'clock p.m., received, through Col. Bankhead, Corps Inspector, an order to move 
down the road leading northward with all possible dispatch, as the cavalry and 
infantry were to attack the enemy at once. I moved my troops as promptly as I 
could, and on arriving near the place where the corps was formed for the attack, 
was met by yourself. You immediately pointed out the ground that my troops were 
to form on, remarking, in substance, that you wished me to be as expeditious as 
possible. The order was executed at once, and I then reported in person to you. 
In my opinion, the division was formed without any halting or unnecessary delay. 
(Signed) " Charles Griffin, 

" Brevet Maj.-Gen." 

The following is from Gen. Ayres, dated June 24: 

" I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 17th inst, last 
evening, asking an official statement concerning the movement of the Fifth Corps 
on the 1st of April, from the position where it was massed to that where the lines 
of battle were formed previous to that attack. I do not know at what time the order 
was given to commence the movement. I was ordered to follow the First Division. 
This was done, and my division was kept well closed up on the troops in front. On 
arriving near the position where the lines were forming, you requested me to form 
my troops as expeditiously as possible, as Gen. Sheridan desired to attack the enemy 
immediately. Once again, during the formation, you desired me to be expeditious. 
My division being a very small one, was soon formed, whereupon I reported to you 
that I was ready. The order was then given, and the troops moved at once to the 
attack. 

(Signed) " R - B - Ayres, 

" Brevet Maj.-Gen." 

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In view of this testimony, it is apparent that Gen. Sheridan had left out of his 
calculations the necessary time to make the formation he directed, and that, in his 
own opinion, his plan was endangered thereby. 

The propriety of an army all moving at once pre-supposes, in order that the 
General who so employs it should be entitled to the credit of the results obtained, 
that he should have his information so exact that the mass falls directly upon a 
vulnerable and vital point of the enemy's position. If there should be a mistake in 
this, the chief merit belongs to those exertions and arrangements by which the mis- 
take is corrected, or in the new dispositions which the occasion demands as requisite 
and which may be practicable. But Gen. Sheridan's calculation, as to the position of 
the left flank of the enemy's line, was faulty, and to a very serious extent, considering 
that he had placed all the troops in position for the move. The changes we had to 
make afterward required the greatest exertion of myself and staff, when everything 
was in motion, and in woods of the difficult nature usually found in Virginia, no 
one of the command being at all acquainted with the ground over which we were 
moving. 

After the forward movement begun, a few minutes brought us to the White 
Oak Road, distant about a thousand yards. There we found the advance of Gen. 
McKenzie's Cavalry, which, coming up the White Oak Road, had arrived there just 
before us. This showed us, for the first time, that we were too far to our right of 
the enemy's left flank. Gen. Ayres' right crossed the road in the open field, and 
his division commenced changing front at once, so as to bring his line on the right 
flank of the enemy's position. Fortunately for us, the enemy's left flank so rested in 
the woods that he could not fire at us as we crossed this open field, and the part of 
it that faced us formed a very short line. This Gen. Ayres attacked at once, the 
firing being heavy, but less than usually destructive, on account of the thick woods. 
The rapid change of front by Gen. Ayres caused his right flank, at first, to get in 
advance of Gen. Crawford's, owing to the greater distance the latter had to move, 
and exposed it to being taken in flank by the enemy. Orders were sent by me to 
Gen. Crawford to oblique his division to the left and close up this interval. 

As soon as I had found the enemy's left flank, orders were sent to Gen. Griffin, 
by several staff officers, to move also obliquely to the left, and come in to the support 
of Gen. Ayres. But as Griffin's division was moving out of sight in the woods, the 
order only reached him in the neighborhood of the place marked " Chimneys" on the 
map. While giving orders thus, I did not think it proper to leave my place in the 
open field, because it was one where my staff officers, sent to different parts of 
the command could immediately find me on their return, and thus I could get 
information from all points at once, and utilize the many eyes of my staff and 
those of my commanders, instead of going to some special point myself, and neglect 
all others. 

The time had not arrived, in my judgment, for me to do that. It may be that 
at this time it was that Gen. Sheridan thought I did not exert myself to inspire 
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such necessity for my personal presence for such purposes reported from any part of 
the field. 

The time which elapsed before hearing from Gen. Crawford or Gen. Griffin 
convinced me they must have passed on beyond the right of Gen. Ayres. Leaving 
sufficient means to send any important information after me, I then rode rapidly to 
the right, near the Chimneys, and was received with a considerable fire from the 
enemy across the open field. As I afterward learned, this fire occasioned some 
unsteadiness in Gen. Ayres' right, and also caused the left of Gen. Crawford to 
oblique to the right, so as to keep the protection of the ridge and trees. I remained 
here till Gen. Griffin arrived with his division, when I directed him to attack the 
enemy on the right of Gen. Ayres, and this he proceeded to do. I then rode back to 
Gen. Ayres' position, and found that he had captured the enemy's extreme right and 
some thousand prisoners. This information I sent to Gen. Griffin, and then rode 
as rapidly as possible to direct Gen. Crawford, as circumstances might require. 

Before proceeding further, I will give quotations from Major Cope's report 
relating to the preceding : 

" You sent me to Gen. Griffin with an order to bring his division toward the 
White Oak Road, by the flank, in order to be in better supporting distance of the 
second division. Also to inform Gen. Crawford that he was going somewhat too 
far to the right. I found Gens. Griffin and Crawford to the right of the Chimneys, 
and gave them your orders. At this time the enemy had a line of skirmishers run- 
ning from the left of their line of works, by the Sidney House, toward Hatcher's 
Run. You came to where Gen. Griffin was, and then returned to the White Oak 
Road, where I joined you a few minutes after. The part of the enemy's line where 
you were had been carried by Gen. Ayres, and you sent me again to Gen. Griffin, 
with this information, and with an order to push forward as fast as possible. He 
had already reached the Sidney House, and was pushing forward across the field. 
I delivered your order, and gave him the direction to advance, which was west." 

I also annex an extract from Gen. Ayres' report, describing his operations 
after the forward movement began : 

" After moving through a wood into an opening, the skirmishers engaged those 
of the enemy, pushing them back. Soon after crossing the White Oak Road, finding 
the enemy's fire to come from the left, I changed front to the left, by facing the 
second brigade to the left, and filing it to the left. Not to lose time, I also threw the 
first brigade (his reserve) into the front line on the left of the second. The third 
brigade, soon after engaging the enemy, finding its right flank in the air (I must 
confess that I experienced anxiety also on this account) portions of it were very 
unsteady, but subsequently moved up and bore their part of the action in a hand- 
some manner. After this change of front, the troops were pushed forward and 
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with his main line, and covered by a strong breastwork, screened behind a dense 
undergrowth of pines, and about one hundred yards in length. This breastwork 
my troops charged, and took it at the bayonet's point, capturing, in carrying it, over 
one thousand prisoners and several battle-flags. Halting there a short time by Gen. 
Sheridan's order, till it zvas apparent the enemy were giving azvay generally, I pushed 
forward rapidly, holding my men in hand, and marching steadily in line of battle." 

I have italicised the " halting there," &c, because it shows that Gen. Sheridan 
modified his own order not to halt. No order to halt was given by me. What 
caused the general giving way of the enemy while Gen. Ayres was halted by Gen. 
Sheridan's order, was due to the operations elsewhere directed. 

It will be seen that the rapid change of front by Gen. Ayres, necessitated by 
the unexpected condition of things, unavoidably threw his flank temporarily in the 
" air." Had the line gradually swung round, by wheeling. Gen. Crawford would have 
been on his right, but as it was, the change had the momentary effect to leave Gen. 
Crawford " en echelon," in rear of Ayres' right. It happened, also, that the right of 
Gen. Ayres became exposed, too, to a fire from the enemy across the open field, 
around Sidney's. Gen. Crawford's left encountered this same fire, as it came up on 
Gen. Ayres' right, and the effect was to cause Crawford's line to oblique somewhat 
to the right to gain the cover of the woods and ridges, but it kept steadily moving 
on in the enemy's rear — a threatening movement which made the position of the 
enemy no longer tenable, assailed as he was both in front and flank beside. 

I will now extract from Gen. Crawford's report. After giving a copy of the 
order to attack that I had furnished him with (see p. 32), he says: 

" In obedience to this order we crossed Gravelly Run ; crossed the White Oak 
Road, and changed direction to the left, and advanced directly west. We encoun- 
tered the enemy's skirmishers shortly after moving, driving them steadily back. 
Our way led through bogs, tangled woods, and thickets of pine, interspersed with 
open spaces here and there. The connection between the Second Division and my 
line, could not be maintained. I received an order from both Gen. Sheridan and Gen. 
Warren, to press rapidly forward. I urged on the entire command. Gen. Coulter's 
Brigade, from being in support of my rear, was brought to fill the gap between me 
and the Second Division. I pressed immediately on and found myself in the enemy's 
rear on the Ford Road, which I crossed." * * " Just at this point the enemy opened 
on my centre and left flank a very heavy fire. Maj.-Gen. Warren arriving on the field 
at that moment, directed me to advance immediately down the Ford Road, and Gen. 
Coulter's Brigade was selected for that purpose. Two regiments, commanded by 
Major Funk, placed on what was then the left of the road, and the rest of the 
brigade were on the right, supported by the other two brigades en echelon, I 
advanced at once, and captured a battery of four guns and the battle-flag of the 
32d Virginia Infantry. We then changed direction and advanced again in a south- 
west direction, the enemy flying before us, though keeping up a desultory firing." 

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Gen. Griffin's report says : 

" Immediately after, the order to advance against the enemy was given, with 
instructions to the division that after it had crossed the road it was to change 
direction to the left, so as to strike the enemy in flank and rear. After advancing 
about a mile, and finding nothing in front, save a few cavalry videttes, and there 
being heavy volleys of musketry to the left and rear, and division was halted." 

This halting, under the circumstances, was a commendable exercise of discre- 
tion. He says that a personal examination showing him the enemy on his left, he 
marched in that direction. To effect this same thing I had sent Major Cope to him, 
as already stated. A small portion of Gen. Griffin's Division became separated in the 
woods from the rest, and continued on with Gen. Crawford's division, and was used 
by me on the Ford Road. Gen. Griffin, having made proper dispositions, "moved 
against the enemy at double-quick," taking his breastworks and 1,500 prisoners. 

As stated by Gen. Crawford, I came up with his division near B. Boiseau's 
after he had crossed the Ford Road. He had been driving back the enemy's skirmish 
line all the way, and continually turning the left of any force opposing Gens. Ayres 
and Griffin. I at once directed his line to swing round to face southward, as we 
had now closed up the outlet for the enemy's escape northward, and to move down 
upon the position of the enemy at the forks of the road, a point well indicated to 
us by the firing of some pieces of artillery there by the enemy. Gen. Crawford's 
troops soon encountered a stiff line of the enemy formed to meet him, and from 
the fire of which Gen. Coulter's brigade suffered severely. The contest, however, 
was short, for the enemy, now pressed front, flank and rear, mostly threw down 
their arms. Three guns of the captured battery were found on the road, where they 
had been stopped in their attempt to escape northward. 

Immediately after the forks were gained I directed Gen. Crawford to change 
front again to the right, and march toward the sound of the firing, so as again to 
take the enemy in flank and rear, and this he at once did. I also directed a cavalry 
brigade, which had been kept mounted, and which now came rapidly along the 
Ford Road toward me, not to move along it further, but to file to their left and 
proceed in the direction Gen. Crawford had taken. 



Note. — Gen. Sheridan's report states that he directed Gen. McKenzie to swing 
round on the right of the infantry, and gain the Ford Road, so as to cut off the 
enemy's escape that way. As Gen. McKenzie did not succeed in getting there till 
after the infantry had gained the road, I asked of him the nature of his operations. 
He informed me that in attempting to execute his order he found himself north of 
Hatcher's Run, and moving directly away from the battle, which seemed heavy. He 
therefore (as Gen. Griffin had done) moved back toward the White Oak Road, so as 
to take part in the action. 

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I then passed down the Ford Road, and on reaching the forks, turned to the 
right along the White Oak Road. The troops were joyous and filled with enthusiasm 
at their success, but somewhat disorganized thereby and by their marching and fight- 
ing so long in the woods. On my arriving at the point E (see map), I found that 
our advance there was stayed by the enemy, who had formed a new line for their left 
flank near the position F, while they yet maintained their front against our cavalry 
on the south. Though the orders had been not to halt, and many officers were then 
urging their men forward, the disordered men not feeling the influence of their com- 
manders, continued to fire without advancing. 

Accompanied by Captain Benyaurd and the portion of my staff then present, 
I rode out to the front and called thore near me to follow. This was immediately 
responded to. Everywhere along the front the color-bearers and officers sprang 
out, and, without more firing, our men advanced, capturing all the enemy remaining. 

During this last charge my horse was fatally shot within a few paces of the 
line where the enemy made his last stand, an orderly by my side was killed, and 
Col. Richardson, of the Seventh Wisconsin, who sprang between me and the enemy, 
was severely wounded. 

I sent Gen. Bankhead, after the last of the enemy had been captured, to Gen. 
Sheridan, to report the result and receive his instructions. He returned with the 
reply that my instructions had been sent me. At 7 p.m. they reached me, and were 
as follows : 

" Major-General Warren, commanding Fifth Army Corps, is relieved from 
duty, and will report at once for orders to Lieut-Gen. Grant, commanding armies 
U. S." 

I at once asked of Gen. Sheridan an explanation of this order, but could 
obtain none. 

The Fifth Corps, in this battle, captured 3244 men, with their arms, eleven 
regimental colors, and one four-gun battery with its caissons. 

It lost, in killed and wounded, 634 men, of which 300 were in Gen. Crawford's 
division, 205 in Gen. Ayres' division, and 125 in Gen. Griffin's division. Among these 
were several distinguished officers of high promise. Their names will be duly 
recorded in the official reports. 

CONCLUSION. 
I believe there never was a previous period of my military life when the 
operations I have described would not have gained me the praise of my superior. I 
have seen nearly all the principal officers of my command, and all unite in telling me 
that they regard my treatment as unjust. Gen. Griffin assured me he would so 
express himself at suitable opportunity to Gen. Sheridan. Of the many expressions 

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of sympathy I have received from members of my corps, the following letter, sent 
me unsolicited, but published here by permission, written by one of its most worthy 
officers — Col. T. F. McCoy, of the One Hundred and Seventh Pennsylvania Volun- 
teers — is given as a type : 

" I had expected to have the pleasure of meeting you before retiring from the 
service, personally paying my respects, and bidding you a kind farewell ; but it was 
ordered otherwise. A mere glimpse of you, as we passed through Petersburg on our 
march North, was the last sight the Fifth Corps had of their beloved commander. 
I can most truthfully assure you of your great popularity with the Corps, both 
officers and men ; and I can assure you further, that it was a prevailing sentiment 
that it was a well-merited popularity. I speak freely and frankly. I can realize how 
gratifying it is to a commanding officer to know that he has the love and respect 
of his men. 

" On the 2d day of April, when it was known that you had been taken from 
us, there was mingled surprise, regret, and gloom. I have read and re-read, again 
and again, Gen. Sheridan's report of the battle of Five Forks, and, in my humble 
judgment, he utterly fails in justifying his conduct in your removal. Even if what 
he asserted were true (which I do not believe), in view of your past valuable services 
to the country, and more especially to your Corps, and you in command, having, in a 
great measure, gained by its splendid conduct that afternoon, the most important 
victory of the campaign ; and while thanks and shouts were going up to Heaven for 
the great achievement, to relieve from his honored command one of the principal 
heroes was an act most strange and no less astounding. This is merely the substance 
of what has been in my mind, and which I would have been pleased to have 
expressed to you personally, could I have met you at any proper period since. I 
look back upon this battle of the Five Forks with great interest, it being the turning 
point of the great movements from which flowed so many favorable and glorious 
results. Then, I have a more personal interest in it from the fact of my regiment 
conducting itself so well, that I had the honor of receiving the thanks of Gen. Baxter 
on the field." 

It is a source of much regret to me that the suddeness of my removal has 
prevented my taking an appropriate leave of my command, and thereby to express 
to them my warm wishes for their future, and my sympathy with them, whatever that 
future may be. 

I feel, too, that many to whom it would have been gratifying to carry with 
them to their homes my testimony of their services have been deprived of it. So 
far as this can be remedied, I shall be glad to do so yet. I also hope that those 
who may have been overlooked in the distribution of honors will write to me, and 
I will endeavor to promote their just claims as far as my endorsement can. 

No. 119 East Seventeenth Street, 

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APPENDIX. 

I give herein an appendix of all the authoritative communications yet pub- 
lished on the battle of Five Forks. 

LETTER FROM GEN. WARREN IN REGARD TO HIS BEING RELIEVED 

BY GEN. SHERIDAN. 

Mississippi River, Thursday, May n, 1865. 
To the Editors of the New York Times: 

I respectfully request the publication in your paper of this communication and 
accompanying letters relating to the battle of Five Forks. 

The only reason I have heard assigned for relieving me at that time were the 
surmises of newspaper correspondents, which there is no authority for. But an 
unfriendly spirit toward me apparently dictated their suppositions, and they have 
done me much injustice. I was relieved only after the battle was over, and 
while at the head of my troops, and when not even a fugitive of the enemy was in 
sight. 

I personally sought of Gen. Sheridan a reason for his order ; but he would 
not, or could not, give one, and declined to do so. I obeyed the order to report 
to Gen. Grant that night, and was by him assigned to the command of the defenses 
at City Point and Bermuda Hundred. After the evacuation of Richmond and 
Petersburg, I was given the command of the troops at the latter place and along 
the Southside Railroad belonging to the Army of the Potomac. When these troops 
were relieved by troops from the Army of the James, I was left in Petersburg 
awaiting orders. I then addressed a letter (copy sent herewith), dated April 9th, 
to Gen. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, soliciting an investigation. On the 22d April, I sent 
another, requesting permission to publish the first one, for the reasons set forth 
therein (copy sent herewith). On the 2d May, I telegraphed Col. Bowers, Adjutant- 
General, to ascertain if these had been received, and he answered, they " were 
received, the latter during Gen. Grant's absence. Orders have been sent you (me) 
to report here, when you can see the General." 

On May 3d, I received by telegraph an extract from Gen. Orders No. 78, 
of May 1, assigning me to the command of the Department of the Mississippi. I 
at once proceeded to Washington, and after a personal interview with Gen. Grant, 
received, on the 6th of May, an answer to my communications of the 9th and 22d 
April, authorizing my publishing them, and stating the reasons for not granting me 
the investigation sought. A copy of this letter is herewith sent. 

Having thus exhausted my means of getting at the cause of my being relieved 
by Gen. Sheridan, I present the following brief account of the operations on the 1st 
of April : 

The operations of the enemy on the 31st of March made it necessary for me 
to send a portion of my corps during the night to support Gen. Sheridan's cavalry, 

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which had been forced back to near Dinwiddie Court-house. One of my divisions 
was thus compelled to march all night, after having fought all day, and the rest of 
the corps moved toward the enemy that confronted the cavalry at daybreak. 

Our presence on the flank and rear of the enemy compelled him to fall back 
rapidly to the vicinity of the Five Forks, and Gen. Sheridan, on advancing with the 
cavalry, found him slightly intrenched there. This force proved to be a complete 
division of the enemy's infantry, and all the cavalry of Lee's army. 

I received an order from Gen. Meade, after joining Gen. Sheridan, to report 
to him for duty, which I did, and the corps was halted by his direction at the point 
where we joined him, about 8 a.m. At i p.m. I was directed to bring up the corps to 
Gravelly Run Church, a distance of about two and three-fourths miles from where 
they had been halted, and there form with two divisions in front and one in reserve, 
so as to move with the whole corps, and attack and turn the enemy's left flank on the 
White Oak Road. 

My line was formed accordingly. Ayres on the left, in three lines of battle ; 
Crawford on the right, in three lines of battle ; and Griffin's division in reserve in 
masses. This occupied till 4 p.m. The forward movement then began. Gen. Ayres' 
Division became first engaged, wheeling to the left, from facing north to facing west 
as it advanced. Gen. Crawford's Division also wheeled to the left on Gen. Ayres 
as a pivot, but owing to the nature of the ground and forests, and the greater 
distance to gain, he lost his connection with Gen. Ayres. 

Into the interval thus left Gen. Griffin's Division was placed. These two divi- 
sions steadily drove in the enemy's left flank. Gen. Crawford's Division moved 
on westward till it gained the road leading north from the centre of the enemy's 
position, when it was wheeled to the south, and attacked the troops that were 
endeavoring to hold this road as an outlet for escape. 

All the divisions now closed in upon the enemy, capturing the artillery that 
was attempting to move north, and nearly all the infantry, which their movements 
had thrown in the greatest confusion. I successively followed the operations of 
my divisions from left to right, being with Gen. Crawford when the position was 
taken. 

While these movements above described were going on, the cavalry engaged 
the enemy along his whole front, which was facing south. The enemy still main- 
tained the right of his line, confronting the cavalry, after we had swept away his left 
and centre ; but the Fifth Corps crowding along the line without waiting to reform, 
captured all who remained as it swept along. 

I was with the extreme advance in the last movement, and was relieved while 
there at 7 p.m., the tattle being then over, and not even a fugitive enemy in sight. 

The following are the copies of the letters herein referred to. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

G. K. Warren, 

Maj.-Gen. Vols. 
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GEN. WARREN TO COL. BOWERS. 

Petersburg, April 22, 1865. 
To Col. T. S. Bowers, A.-G., 

Head-Quarters Armies of United States: 
Colonel: I beg leave forward a copy of communication addressed to Head- 
Quarters Armies United States, on the 9th instant, with the request to be allowed 
to publish the same. This will relieve me and my friends from an unpleasant 
relation to the public, will answer many letters daily received, and will prevent my 
silence being an injury to me. I can then patiently wait the investigation that I do 
not doubt will in due time be accorded to me. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

G. K. Warren, 

Maj.-Gen. Vols. 



REQUEST FOR AN INVESTIGATION. 

Petersburg, April 9, 1865. 
To Brig.-Gen. J. A. Rawlins, Chief Staff, 

Head-Quarters Armies of United States: 
General: The order of Gen. Sheridan taking from me the command of my 
corps on the evening of the 1st of April, after the victory was won, assigns no 
cause, and leaves me open to the inferences now finding expression in the public 
prints, and which are in every way to my prejudice. 

I am unconscious of having done anything improper or unbecoming to my 
position, or the character of a soldier, or neglected any order or duty. 

I therefore respectfully request a full investigation of the matter as soon as the 
exigencies of the service will admit. 

I make this application now while awaiting orders, which I deem the most 
appropriate time; but I do not intend nor desire to press the matter upon the con- 
sideration of the Lieutenant-General until he can give it his attention without inter- 
fering with more important duties. The regard already shown me, in immediately 
assigning to me another command on the 2d inst, gives me the assurance that he 
will not deem it an intrusion to solicit an opportunity to vindicate the honor and 
reputation of a faithful soldier of the Union, who waits in silence under an un- 
merited injury, till such time as his superior shall be ready to give him a hearing. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

G. K. Warren, 

Maj.-Gen. Vols. 
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GEN. GRANTS REPLY. 

Head-Quarters Armies of the United States, 
Washington, May 6, 1865. 
To Major-General G. K. Warren: 

General: Your note, requesting authority to publish your application for an 
investigation of the grounds upon which you were relieved from the command of the 
Fifth Army Corps, or to have the investigation, is received. 

It is impossible at this time to give the court and witnesses necessary for the 
investigation, but I see nothing in your application objectionable to have published. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

U. S. Grant, 

Lieutenant-General. 

The following report, it will be perceived, contradicts no statement of my letter 
of May nth: 

REPORT OF MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN. 

Cavalry Head-Quarters, May 16, 1865. 
General: I have the honor to submit the following narrative of the operations 
of my command during the recent campaign in front of Petersburg and Richmond, 
terminating with the surrender of the rebel army of Northern Virginia, at Appo- 
mattox Court-house, Virginia, on April 9, 1865 : 

During the night of the 31st of March, my head-quarters were at Dinwiddie 
Court-house, and the Lieutenant-General notified me that the Fifth Corps would 
report to me, and should reach me about midnight. This corps had been offered 
me on the 30th instant ; but very much desiring the Sixth Corps, which had been 
with me in Shenandoah Valley, I asked for it, but on account of the delay which 
would occur in moving that corps from its position in the lines in front of Peters- 
burg, it could not be sent to me. I respectfully submit herewith my brief accounts 
of the operations of the day, the response to which was the ordering of the Fifth 
Corps to my support and my command, as also the dispatch from the Lieutenant- 
General notifying me of his action. I understood that the Fifth Corps, when 
ordered to report to me, was in position near S. Dabney's house, in the angle 
between the Boydton Road and the Five Forks Road. 

Had Gen. Warren moved according to the expectations of the Lieutenant- 
General, there would appear to have been but little chance for the escape of the 
enemy's infantry in front of Dinwiddie Court-house. Ayres' Division moved down 
the Boydton Plank-road during the night, and in the morning moved west via 

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R. Boiseau's house, striking the Five Forks Road about two and a half miles north 
of Dinwiddie Court-house. Gen. Warren, with Griffin's and Crawford's Divisions, 
moved down the road by Crump's house, coming into the Five Forks Road near 
J. Boiseau's house between 7 and 8 o'clock on the morning of the 1st of April. 
Meantime, I moved my cavalry force at daylight against the enemy's lines in 
front, which gave way rapidly, moving off by the right flank and crossing Chamber- 
lain's Creek. This hasty movement was accelerated by the discovery that two 
divisions of the Fifth Corps were in their rear and that one division was moving 
toward their left and rear. 

The following were the instructions sent to Gen. Warren : 

Cavalry Head-Quarters, Dinwiddie Court-House, 
April 1, 1865, 3 a.m. 
To Major-General Warren, 

Commanding Fifth Army Corps: 
I am holding in front of Dinwiddie Court-house, on the road leading to Five 
Forks, for three-quarters of a mile, with General Custer's Division. The enemy are 
in his immediate front, lying so as to cover the road just this side of A. Adams' 
house, which leads out across Chamberlain's Bed or Run. I understand you have a 
division at J. Boiseau's; if so, you are in the rear of the enemy's lines, and almost 
on his flanks. I will hold on here. Possibly they may attack Custer at daylight; 
if so, attack instantly in full force. Attack at daylight anyhow, ai d I will make an 
effort to get the road this side of Adam's house ; and if I do, you can capture the 
whole of them. Any force moving down the road I am holding, or on the White 
Oak Road, will be in the enemy's rear, and, in all probability, get any force that 
may escape you by a flank attack. Do not fear my leaving here. If the enemy 
remains, I shall fight at daylight. 

P. H. Sheridan, 

Major-General. 

As they fell back, the enemy were rapidly followed by General Merritt's two 
divisions, General Devin on the right and General Custer on the left, General 
Crook in the rear. During the remainder of the day, General Crook's division held 
the extreme left and rear, and was not seriously engaged. 

I then determined that I would drive the enemy, with the cavalry, to the Five 
Forks, press them inside of their works, and make a feint to turn their right flank : 
and, meanwhile, quietly move up the Fifth Corps, with a view to attacking their 
left flank, crush the whole force, if possible, and drive westward those who might 
escape, thus isolating them from their army at Petersburg. Happily, this conception 
was successfully executed. About this time, General McKenzie's Division of Cavalry, 
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men. I directed Gen. Warren to hold fast at J. Boiseau's house, refresh his men. 
and be ready to move to the front when required ; and General McKenzie was 
ordered to rest in front of Dinwiddie Court-house until further orders. 

Meantime, General Merritt's command continued to press the enemy, and by 
impetuous charges, drove them from two lines of temporary works ; General Custer 
guiding his advance on the widow Gilliam's house, and General Devin on the main 
Five Forks Road. The courage displayed by the cavalry officers and men was 
superb, and about 2 o'clock the enemy was behind his works on the White Oak Road, 
and his skirmish line drawn in. I then ordered up the Fifth Corps on the main 
road, and sent Brevet Major Gillespie, of the Engineers, to turn the head of the 
column off on the Gravelly Church Road, and put the corps in position on this road, 
obliquely to and at a point but a short distance from the White Oak Road, and 
about one mile from the Five Forks. Two divisions of the corps were to form the 
front line, and one division was to be held in reserve, in columns of regiments, oppo- 
site the centre. 

I then directed General Merritt to demonstrate as though he was attempting 
to turn the enemy's right flank, and notified that the Fifth Corps would strike the 
enemy's left flank, and ordered that the cavalry should assault the enemy's works 
as soon as the Fifth Corps became engaged, and that would be determined by the 
volleys of musketry. I then rode over to where the Fifth Corps was going into 
position, and found them coming up very slowly. I was exceedingly anxious to 
attack at once, for the sun was getting low, and we had to fight or go back. It was 
no place to intrench, and it would have been shameful to have gone back with no 
results to compensate for the loss of the brave men who had fallen during the day. 
In this connection, I will say that Gen. Warren did not exert himself to get up his 
corps as rapidly as he might have done; and his manner gave me the impression 
that he wished the sun to go down before dispositions for the attack could be com- 
pleted. As soon as the corps was in position, I ordered an advance in the following 
formation : Ayres' Division on the left, in double lines ; Crawford's Division on the 
right, in double lines; and Griffin's Division in reserve, behind Crawford; and the 
White Oak Road was reached without opposition. 

While General Warren was getting in position, I learned that the left of 
the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac, on my right, had been swung around 
from the direction of its line of battle until it fronted on the Boydton Road, and 
parallel to it, which offered an opportunity to the enemy to march down the White 
Oak Road and attack me in right ?nd rear. General McKenzie was therefore sent 
up to the Camp Road, with directions to gain the White Oak Road, if possible ; but 
to attack at all hazards any enemy found, and, if successful, then march down the 
road and join me. General McKenzie executed this with courage and skill, attack- 
ing a force of the enemy on the White Oak Road, and driving it toward Petersburg. 
He then countermarched, and then joined me on the White Oak Road just as the 
Fifth Corps advanced to the attack, and I directed him to swing round with the 
right of the infantry and gain possession of the Ford Road at the crossing of 

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Hatcher's Run. The Fifth Corps, on reaching the White Oak Road, made a left 
wheel, and burst on the enemy's left flank and rear like a tornado, and pushed 
rapidly on, orders having been given that, if the enemy was routed, there should 
be no halt to reform broken lines. As stated before, the firing of the Fifth Corps 
was the signal to Gen. Merritt to assault, which was promptly responded to, and 
the works of the enemy were soon carried at several points by our brave cavalry- 
men. The enemy were driven from their strong line of works and completely 
routed, the Fifth Corps doubling up their left flank in confusion, and the cavalry of 
Gen. Merritt dashing on to the White Oak Road, capturing their artillery and turn- 
ing it upon them ; and riding into their broken ranks so demoralized them that they 
made no serious stand after their line was carried, but took to flight in disorder. 
Between 5,000 and 6,000 prisoners fell into our hands, and the fugitives were driven 
westward, and were pursued until long after dark by Merritt's and McKenzie's 
cavalry for a distance of six miles. 

During the attack I again became dissatisfied with General Warren. During 
the engagement portions of his line gave way, when not exposed to a heavy fire, and 
simply for want of confidence on the part of the troops, which General Warren did 
not exert himself to inspire. I therefore relieved him from the command of the 
Fifth Corps, authority for this action having been sent to me before the battle, 
unsolicited. When the pursuit was given up, I directed General Griffin, who had 
been ordered to assume command of the Fifth Corps, to collect his troops at once, 
march two divisions back to Gravelly Church, and put them into position at right 
angles to the White Oak Road, facing toward Petersburg, while Bartlett's Division, 
Griffin's old, covered the Ford Road to Hatcher's Run. General Merritt's cavalry 
went into camp on the widow Gilliam's plantation, and General McKenzie took 
position on the Ford Road at the crossing of Hatcher's Run. I cannot speak too 
highly of the conduct of the troops in this battle, and of the gallantry of their com- 
manding officers, who appeared to realize that the success of the campaign and 
fate of Lee's army depended upon it. They merit the thanks of the country and 
reward of the Government. To Generals Griffin, Ayres, Bartlett, and Crawford, 
of the Fifth Corps, and to Generals Merritt, Custer, Devin, and McKenzie, of the 
cavalry, great credit is due, and to their subordinate commanders they will un- 
doubtedly award the praise which is due to them for the hearty co-operation, 
bravery, and ability which were everywhere displayed. 

********* 

I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

P. H. Sheridan, 

Major-General. 
Brevet Major-General John A. Rawlins, 

Chief of Staff. 



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Cavalry Head-Quarters, Dinwiddie C. H., 
March 31, 1865. 
Lieutenant-General Grant, 

Commanding Armies United States: 

The enemy's cavalry attacked me about 10 o'clock to-day, on the road coming 
in from the west, and a little north of Dinwiddie C. H. This attack was very 
handsomely repulsed by Gen. Smith's Brigade of Crook's Division, and the enemy 
was driven across Chamberlain Creek. Shortly afterward, the enemy's infantry 
attacked on the same Creek in heavy force, and drove in Gen. Davies' Brigade, and, 
advancing rapidly, gained the forks of the roads at J. Boiseau's. This forced Devin, 
who was in advance, and Davies, to cross to the Boydton Road. Gen. Gregg's 
Brigade and Gen. Gibbs', who had been toward Dinwiddie, then attacked the enemy 
in the rear very handsomely. This stopped the march toward the left of our infantry, 
and finally caused them to turn toward Dinwiddie and attack us in heavy force. 
The enemy then again attacked at Chamberlain's Creek, and forced Smith's position. 
At this point Capehart and Pennington's brigades of Custer's Division came up, and 
a very handsome fight occurred. 

The enemy have gained some ground, but we still hold in front of Dinwiddie 
C. H., and Davies and Devin are coming down the Boydton Road to join us. 

The opposing force was Pickett's Division, Wise's Independent Brigade of 
Infantry, and Fitzhugh Lee's, Rosser's and W. H. Lee's Cavalry commands. 

The men behaved splendidly. Our loss in killed and wounded will probably 
number four hundred and fifty men ; very few were lost as prisoners. 

We have of the enemy a number of prisoners. The force is too strong for 
us. I will hold out to Dinwiddie C. H. until I am compelled to leave. 

Our fighting to-day was all dismounted. 

P. H. Sheridan, 

Major-General. 

Dabney Mills, March 31, 1865, 10.05 P-m. 
Major-General Sheridan : 

The Fifth Corps has been ordered to your support. Two divisions will go to 
J. Boiseau's, and one down the Boydton Road. In addition to this, I have sent 
McKenzie's Cavalry, which will reach you by the Vaughan Road. 

All these forces, except the cavalry, should reach you by 12 to-night. 

You will assume command of the whole force sent to operate with you, and use 
it, to the best of your ability, to destroy the force which your command has fought 
so gallantly to-day. 

U. S. Grant, 

Lieutenant-General . 

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Abbot. 


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Henry Larcom (Gen.), 


John, 108 


Mary, 3 


448 


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Obadiah, 3 


Abeel. 


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Catalina, 20 


Martha, 423 


Phebe, 3 


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Mary, 231, 377 


Rachel, 3 


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Thomas, 3 


Samuel, 300 


Migle, 43 




Adams. 


Miriam, 43 


Babb. 


Elizabeth, 383 


William, 43 


James, 292 


John, 11 


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Badeau. 


Samuel (Dr.), 82, 372 


Ashael, 415 


Adam, 96 


Acer. 


David, 389 


Catharine, 96 


John, 124 


Elizabeth, 153, 374 


David, 96 


Allison. 


Jesse, 383 


Deborah (Mrs.), 96 


Joseph, 45 


John, 153 


Elias, 95, 96, 406 


Richard, 32 


Margaret, 86, 372 


Frances, 95 


William, 45 


Patty Ann, 389 


Isaac, 95 


Alltin. 


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Isaiah, 96 


Mary, 415 


Sylvia, 408 


Jacob, 96 


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Arnold. 


James, 96, 132, 374 


Mary Ann, 406 


Benedict, 420 


John, 95, 96 


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Katy, 391, 406 


Deborah, 167 


Atkins. 


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Anderson. 


Elizabeth, 34 


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Isaac, 88 


Austin. 


184, 226, 250, 377 


John M., 431 


David, 269, 378 


William, 96, 143, 363, 


Margaret (Mrs.), 88 


Eusebius, 34 


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Job, 134, 240 


Bailey. 


Richard, 398 


Jonathan, 134 


Ann, 30 


Andrus. 


Mary, 134, 387, 407 


Benjamin Meeker, 30 


Maria, 416 


Mary Elizabeth, 245 


Hester, 288, 378 


Angell. 


Mercy, 134 


James, 206 


Israel (Col.), 158 


Sarah, 387 


Nathaniel, 107 


Angevine. 


Silas, 134, 240, 387 


Susanna, 381 


Benjamin, 402 


Avery. 


William, 101, 145, 177 


Archer. 


Betsy, 306, 379 


Baker. 


Alexander, 25 


John, 67, 79, 98, 191, 406 


Abraham, 87 


Archibald, 25 


Ayres. 


Betsy, 381 


Betsy, 283, 383 


Catharine (Mrs.), 3 


Jane Eliza, 116 


Caleb, 43 


David, 3 


Hester Ann, 116 


Gabriel, 92 


Enos, 40 


Horace, 116 


Hannah, 108 


George, 382 


Irene, 116 


James, 43 


Hannah, 3 


Mary (Mrs.), 87 


Jefferson, 43 


Jacob, 3 


Peter, 117, 150, 374 



523 



linfcei 



Baker. 


Barker. 


Barton. 


Samuel, 116, 373, 379 


Sarah, 133, 268 


Moses, 261, 378 


Thomas, 108, 373 


Stephen, 381 


Phebe, 438 


Baldwin. 


Thomas, 415 


Theophilus, 193 


Daniel, 355, 356, 380 


William, 413 


Thomas, 381, 396, 408 


David (Rev.), 28, 50, 52, 


Barlowe. 


Bartow. 


53, 76, 148, 170, 171, 


Ann, 123 


Deborah, 129 


191, 343 


John, 123 


Bash ford. 


David Alanson, 28 


Barns. 


Abigail, 136, 185, 375 


Elisha, 356 


Thomas, 279, 327, 379 


Bayley, 304 


Elizabeth, 356 


Barnum. 


Byerly, 136 


Eunice Little, 28 


Chloe, 382 


Elizabeth, 136 


Gertrude, 356 


Clarissa, 242 


James, 136, 386 


Hazzard, 356 


Barr. 


John, 136 


Henry S., 356 


Amelia E. (Mrs.), 5 


Martha, 371 


James, 356 


Barrager. 


Mary, 130, 300, 304, 316, 


Kate, 379 


Cornelius, 374 


386 


Letitia, 356 


Jerusha, 151, 374 


Samuel, 386 


Mary, 158, 356 


John, in, 151, 374 


Sarah, 136, 258, 378, 386 


Mary (Mrs.), 28 


Peter, 137 


Solomon, 136, 236, 238, 


Urana Minton, 28 


Barrett, or Barret. 


241, 386 


Zilpah, 356, 380 


Abigail, 441 


Thomas, 78, 124, 125, 


Ball. 


Abraham, 144 


136, 235, 258, 386, 391, 


Hosea, 409 


Ann, 144 


406 


Banker. 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 84, 88. 


Thomas (Mrs.), 179 


Daniel, 260, 378 


145 


Basset. 


Henry, 213, 376 


Eunice, 66, 156, 371 


John, 107 


Mary, 432 


Hannah, 144 


Baxter. 


Permelia, 405, 409 


John, 81, 84, 88, 144, 


Elizabeth, 420, 421 


Peter, 373 


145 


Phebe (Mrs.), 416 


Phebe Sherwood (Mrs.), 


Leah (Mrs.), 144 


Sarah, 420 


322, 379 


Martha, 87, 88, 145 


Stephen, 344, 380 


Banks. 


Martha (Mrs.), 144 


Thaddeus, 420 


Bradley, 385 


Mary, 144, 145 


Bayard. 


Banty. 


Phebe, 145 


Hester, 429, 430 


Elizabeth, 293 


Samuel, 144 


Nicholas, 430 


Barber. 


Sarah, 84, 145, 372 


Nicholas (Hon.), 427 


Simeon, 255, 378 


Susanna, 382 


Samuel (Col.), 427 


Barger. 


Barrows. 


Beadle, Beagle, or Bedle. 


Cornelius, 137 


Cornelia Maria, 446, 447 


Abraham, 128, 146, 373 


Daniel, 137 


Samuel, 447 


Anna, 128, 383 


Eliza, 137 


Bartine. 


Daniel, 78, 149, 358, 374 


John, 137 


William, 385 


David, 78, 120, 153, 214, 


Mary, 137 


Bartlett. 


372, 373 


Rebecca (Mrs.), 137 


Caleb, 381 


Deborah, 78, 385, 396, 


Sarah, 137 


Charity (Mrs.), 136 


408 


Stephen, 137 


Deborah, 373 


Elizabeth, 78, 128, 161, 


Barker. 


Elizabeth, 363, 381 


214, 264, 375 


Betsy, 371 


Esther, 441 


Ephriam, 78, 117, 186, 


John, 133 


Mercy (Mrs.), 37 


200, 214, 253, 264 


Mary, 133 


Barton. 


Esther, 358, 380 


Moses, 377 


Helena, 193 


Hannah, 78, 253, 333, 


Richard, 253, 377 


Isaac, 383 


379. 392, 407 



524 



Hnfc>ei 



Beadle, Beagle, or Bi 


:dle. 


Bell. 




BlRDSALL. 




Jacob, 78, 301, 311 




John, 4, 9, 10, 13, 24 


27, 


Daniel William, 64, 


258 


James, 387 




35, 50 




David, 281, 378 




James W., 214 




Joseph, 93, 112, 273 




Elizabeth, 258 




Jemima (Mrs.)> 161 




Mary, 408 




James, 205 




Joseph, 387 




Peter, 88, 91, 92, 93 




Martha, 258, 302, 386 


Knapp, 387 




Philip, 93 




Mary H., 257 




Mary, 78, 146, 186, 


358, 


Sarah, 93 




Samuel, 193, 241, 257 


387 




Susan, 93 




Sarah, 199, 257, 


376, 


Mary (Mrs.), 94 




William, 88, 91, 149, 


374 


408 




Samuel, 78, 94, 155, 


374 


Benedict. 




Susan, 436 




Sarah, 78, 194, 371 




Hannah, 44 




William, 382 




Stephen, 145, 153, 


157, 


Joel (Rev.), 28, 228 




Bishop. 




169, 177, 254, 260 




Benjamin. 




Emelia, 389 




William, 78, 89, 102, 


186, 


Silas, 38 




Hannah, 396, 408 




197, 210, 214, 216, 


228, 


Benson. 




Gilbert, 215, 376, 388 


229, 235, 253, 286, 


296, 


Benjamin, 385 




John, 197, 376 




306, 315, 337, 357, 


358, 


Catalina, 147 




Joshua, 388 




373, 384 




Besley. 




Mary (Mrs.), 219 




William, Jr., 160, 234 


Catharine, 362 




Nathaniel, 383 




Beaumont. 




Betts. 




Polly, 388 




Randolph, 83 




Alice, 144 




Theron, 388 




Beck. 




Hannah, 17, 34, 144 




Blair. 




Catharine Elizabeth 


432 


Hopestill, 144 




Allen (Rev.), 269, 


272, 


Theodoric Romeyn 


John, 144 




273, 275, 277, 279, 


283, 


(M.D., LL.D.), 432 


Mehitable, 144 




284, 286, 290, 291, 


299, 


Bedell. 




Samuel, 144 




315, 318, 334 




Gilbert, 423 




William, 144 




Bloodgood. 




Isaac, 358 




Beyea. 




Deborah, 136 




Sarah, 194 




Benjamin, 230, 2>77 




Bloom. 




Beebe. 




Birch. 




Catharine, 132 




Reuben, 203 




Harvey, 282 




Bloomer. 




Beecher. 




BlRCHAM. 




Elisha, 196, 376 




Isaac E., 83 




Tisha Fowler (M 


rs.), 


Ithamer, 45 




Beekman. 




384 




Blydenburg. 




Cornelia, 429 




Bird. 




Elizabeth, 42 




Gerard G., 430 




Betsy, 383 




Boil. 




Henry (Col.), 427 




Eleanor, 402, 409 




Robert, 363, 381 




Theophilus, 21 




Eva, 409 




Bonnefois. 




Belcher. 




Eve, 402 




Catharine, 95 




Mary, 194 




Stephen, 402, 409 




Bonnet. 




William, 385 




Birds all. 




Mary, 271, 331 




Belden. 




Daniel, 48, 56, 59, 60 


,64, 


Booth. 




Amos, 439 




70, 73, 82, 84, 85, 


94, 


Elizabeth, 251 




Mary, 359 




98, 105, 116, 117, 


118, 


Bostwick. 




Belding. 




119, 126, 131, 135, 


137, 


Merryday, 312 




Phebe (Mrs.), 148 




140 ,147, 154, 155, 


169, 


Bouton. 




Bell. 




176, 180, 183, 192, 


198, 


Jacob, 384 




Ebenezer, 93 




199, 205, 208, 213, 


223, 


Nathaniel (Capt), 


200 


Elizabeth, 88, 93, 446 


229, 231, 232, 235, 


250, 


Bower. 




Esther, 93 




252, 255, 257, 268, 


269, 


Isaac, 32 




Frederick, 88, 93, 374 


272, 277, 294, 297, 


302, 


Bowne. 




Jane, 93 




319 




Stephen, 228 





525 



Infra 



Boyd. 




Brewster. 




Brown. 




James, 49 




Polly, 59, 370 




Hannah, 295 




John, 333, 379 




Ruth, 11 




Hannah Keyser, 443 


Bradford. 




Briggs. 




James, 64, 295, 


380, 


E. (Rev.), 13, 122 




Catharine, 132, 323 




397 




Bradner. 




Catharine (Mrs.), ] 


32 


Jane, 295 




Benoni (Rev.), 8, 


28, 


Eleanor, 132 




Jemima, 397, 408 




35, 79, 103, 120, 


141, 


George, 132, 143, 271 


• 323 


John, 213, 376 




162, 362 




Henry, 132 




Leah (Mrs.), 139 




Christian, 8 




James, 132 




Letitia, 69 




John, 8, 49 




John, 132 




Lewis, 207 




William, 49 




Laner, 132 




Martha, 302 




Brady. 




Mary, 132 




Mary, 68, 190, 207, 


243, 


H., 351, 380 




Nancy, 132 




301, 302, 377, 395, 


418 


Brewer. 




Brinkerhoff. 




Mary (Mrs.), 294, 


336 


Daniel, 64 




Elizabeth, 207 




Nathan, 206, 207, 


223, 


Hannah (Mrs.), 58 


63, 


George, in, 373 




328, 330 




65, 67, 83, 125, 


136, 


George J., 207 




Nathaniel, 115, 116, 


190, 


142, 144, 152, 153, 


159, 


George Y., 207 




295, 301, 302 




184, 214, 230, 244, 


251. 


John H., 421 




Peter, 288 




254, 286, 295, 297, 


406 


John W., 444 




Phebe, 295 




Isaac, 93 




Joseph, in 




Phebe (Mrs.), 282 




James, 63, 64, 68, 


159, 


Sarah, 207 




Polly, 378 




295 




Broadhead. 




Sarah, 39, 90, 116, 


207, 


John, 269 




Henry, 224 




295, 301, 372, 393 




John (Dr.), 245 




Brotherson. 




Smith, 139, 302 




Joseph, 64 




Ann, 64 




Stephen, 64, 207, 


291, 


Mary, 64, 295 




Brown. 




295, 301, 329, 


336, 


Phebe, 64, 258 




Abigail, 207 




353 




Samuel, 64 




Amos, 90, 372 




Susanna, in, 207, 


302. 


Sarah, 64, 159 




Aner, 207 




373 




W., 208 




Ann, 206, 295 




Thomas, 64, 258, 


301. 


Brewers. 




Ann Eliza, 302 




302, 310, 379 




Hendrick, 414 




Caleb, 302 




Unity (Mrs.). 288 




Brewster. 




Cornelius, 139, 253, 


301. 


Brundage. 




Abigail, 26 




379 




Abner, 295 




Benjamin, 11 




Daniel, 117 




Bryant. 




Charity (Mrs.), 11, 


14 


Edgar, 302, 436 




John G., 421 




Edward, 11 




Egbert, 295 




Sarah, 421 




Eunice, 26 




Eliza, 64 




Buckbee. 




Fanny, 26 




Elizabeth (Mrs.), 419 


Abigail, 107 




Francis, 11, 26 




Esther, 98, 207. 372 




Charlotte, 107 




Hannah, 34 




Frances (Mrs.), 42 




David Jenner, 107 




.Isaac, 11 




Garret, 252, 377 




Edward, 439 




James, 26 




George, 4, 6, 9, 11, 


13, 


Elijah, 107, 126, i6f 




John, 11, 17, 26, 41, 


48, 


15, 18, 21, 27, 28, 


31, 


Elizabeth, 107 




52, 120 




32, 34, 35, 40, 41, 


42, 


Eunice, 107 




John, Jr., 11 




46, 47, 55, 7i 




Ezekiel, 107 




John, Sr., 11, 14, 15 




Gilbert, 253, 302. 382 




John, 107, 385 




Maria Olivia, 34 




Hackaliah (Capt.), 


25, 


Mary, 107 




Mary (Mrs.), 26 




68, 85, 103. in, 


190, 


Phebe, 107 




Nathaniel (Rev.), 1 


2 


192, 206, 277, 302, 


310, I 


Philip Palmer, 107 




Phebe, 11 




335, 443 


1 


Robert P., 89 





526 



Ifnfcei' 



BUCKBEE. 

Samuel, 107 

Sarah, 107 

Susanna, 301, 382 
Budd. 

Ann, 233 

Chloe, 419 

Elijah, 106 

Elizabeth (Mrs.), 87, 
165, 213, 214, 215, 233, 
234, 247, 261, 265, 266, 
^77, 378, 406 

Gilbert, 125, 135, 178 

Griffin, 233, 254, 377 

Jemima, 62, 311 

Jerusha, 233 

John, 25, 370 

Joseph, 233 

Nicholas, 418, 420 

Phebe (Mrs.), 418 

Tamer, 233 
Bull. 

Elizabeth, 45 

John, 45 

BULLER. 

Edward (Admiral Sir), 

431 
Bunnell. 

Mary, 89 
Burdoil. 

Conrad, 139 

BURGDOUGH. 

Anna, 381 
Mary, 260, 376 
Polly, 325, 379 
William, 363, 381 
Burgdurfer. 
Jerusha, 276 

BURGES. 

Micah, 261 
Burns. 

Isabella G., 293 

Thomas, 378 
Burrett. 

Samuel, 151 

Susanna, 151 
Burritt. 

Blackleach (Rev.), 76, 
84, 179, 398 
Burt. 

Anna, 44 

Daniel, 44 

Esther, 44 



Burt. 

Hannah, 44 

James, 44 

Lydia, 44 

Martha, 44 

Phebe, 44 

Ruth, 44 

Sarah, 44 
Bush. 

George T., 293 
Butler. 

Zebulon (Col.), 419 
Buxton. 

Clement, 288 

Cane. 

Isaac, 286, 378 
Cannady. 

James, 167 
Carl. 

Milicent, 408 

Sally, 381 
Carman. 

Aaron, 279, 388 

Ada, 387, 388 

C, 19s 

Daniel, 247, 311 

Deborah, 387, 388, 391, 
407 

Elizabeth, 177, 371, 375, 
386, 388, 406 

Forman, 388 

Gabriel, 387 

George, 315 

Hannah, 215, 217, 376, 
387 

Henry, 63, 67, 89, 99, 
114, 124, 166, 178, 208, 
214, 219, 230, 255, 265, 
272, 273, 395 ■ 

James, 125, 184, 186, 191, 
358, 359, 386 

Jemima, 394, 407 

John, 61, 63, 78, 100, III, 
117, 123, 127, 151, 166, 
168, 179, 204, 205, 209, 
212, 219, 221, 234, 246, 
247, 250, 253, 254, 255, 
261, 267, 269, 273, 285, 
290, 301, 326, 330, 387, 
408 

Joseph, 128, 386 

Joshua, 387 

527 



Carman. 

Martha, 386, 387 

Mary, 386 

Matilda, 388 

Nathaniel, 387 

Owen, 137 

Peter, 60, 65, 67, 79, 85, 
98, 112, 116, 152, 160 

Peter (Capt.), 105, 132, 
135 

Phebe, 386 

Polly, 335 

Samuel, 388 

Sarah, 381, 382, 386 

Susanna, 255, 378, 386, 
393, 407 

Thomas, 217, 235, 249 
Carpenter. 

Amira, 46 

Daniel, 202 

Elijah, 46 

Eliza Ann, 57 

Fanny (Mrs.), 282 

Hannah (Mrs.), 160 

Harriet, 57 

Jacob, 26, 236, 281 

Jane (Mrs.), 46 

John, 46, 51, 71, 160 

John I., 46 

Juda, 46 

Julia Ann, 385 

Katherine, 358, 380 

Levi, 282, 378 

Mary, 378 

Matthew, 46 

Polly, 281 

Rachel (Mrs.), 46 

Tamer, 160 

William. 46 
Case. 

J. Alvin, 444 
Cashion. 

Euphemia (Mrs.), 174 

John, 174 
Cercomes. 

Thomas, 414 

Ch ADDLE. 

Charlotte (Mrs.), 174 

John, 174 
Chadeayne. 

Susan, 432 
Chandler. 

Sarah, 11 



Infcei 



Chapman. 


Cole. 




CONKLIN. 


Caziah, 150, 374 


Mary, 88 




Justus, 197 


Rebecca, 137, 374 


Nathan, 52 




Lemuel (Capt.), 289 


Charlotte. 


Robert, 412 




Letitia Mary, 276 


Sarah, 104, 373 


Samuel, 47 




Mary, 197, 376 


Chase. 


Coleman. 




Mary C, 219 


Algernon Sydney, 448 


Christopher, 5, 9, 14 


. 23, 


Nancy, 302, 310, 379 


Emily Forbes, 446, 448 


Si, 52 




Nathaniel, 170, 387 


John, 84 


Frances, 42 




Phebe, 274 


Chatterton. 


George, 42 




Sarah, 68, 187, 219, 249, 


Hannah, 217, 376 


Joseph, 14 




274, 289, 296, 375, 383 


Chittenden. 


Mahala (Mrs.), 57 




Sarah (Mrs.), 29 


Ashael, 26 


Mary, 27, 370 




Stodard, 54 


Christian. 


Nathaniel, 57 




Tamer, 219, 384, 392, 


John, 353 


Philip, 42 




407 


Polly, 326 


Solomon, 40 




Timothy (Capt.), 274, 


Christopher. 


Stephen, 42 




290, 307, 326, 346, 358. 


John G., 21 


Colgrove. 




379, 386 


Church. 


Francis, 69, 232, 377 




Vashti, 219 


Lydia, 316, 379 


Comb. 




W., 184 


Cinute. 


George (Capt), 


172, 


CONNELY, or CONNERLY. 


Mary (Mrs.), 63 


208, 337 




John, 151, 374 


Clapp. 


COMPTON. 




Constant. 


Lettice, 380 


Lydia, 53, 370 




Amy (Mrs.), 25, 26, 32, 


Clark. 


Con klin. 




33, 47, 54, 55, 56. 67, 


Betsy, 273 


Abigail, 274 




79, 80, 81, 112, 113, 


Catharine, 300 


Abraham, 131, 373 




119, 221 


Jacob, 328, 354 


Amos, 219 




Chloe, 201, 376 


John, 272, 354 


Anne, 307, 408 




Erne, 388 


Kate, 75, 371 


Benjamin, 277, 365, 


38i 


Emma, 205 


Mary, 22, 369 


Betsy, 219 




Jane, 205, 388 


Thomas, 75, 141, 371 


Caroline A., 173 




Joseph, 205, 388 


William, 392, 407 


Drake, 212, 274, 289, 376 


Lewis, 204, 388, 416 


Clay. 


Eleanor (Mrs.), 132 




Nathaniel, 204, 388 


Henry, 432 


Francis, 98, 372, 389 


Samuel, 204 


Clements, or Clemmons. 


Gene, 157, 386 




Sarah, 194, 382 


Aaron, 358 


George, 132 




St. John, 162, 165, 166, 


Catharine (Mrs.), 230 


Gilbert, 293, 312 




169, 170, 171, 174, 175, 


Mary, 76. 358, 371 


Hannah, 274, 290 




180, 185, 190, 191, 202, 


Polly, 358, 380 


Jacob, 319, 328 




204. 205, 206, 210, 215. 


Cliff. 


James, 388 




218, 221, 236, 241, 261, 


Clarissa, 207 


Jane (Mrs.), 151, 


219, 


262, 269, 271, 273, 280. 


Clinton. 


293, 377, 384, 388, 


406 


285, 289, 290, 291, 292, 


Catharine, 432 


Jemima, 219, 267, 378 


293, 301, 304, 309, 310. 


De Witt, 54 


Jennie, 290, 378 




324, 325, 326, 334. 335. 


George, 432 


Jeremiah, 159, 170, 


218, 


336, 342, 343. 349, 4i6 


Coe. 


234, 274, 294, 296, 


3ii. 


Susan, 205, 388 


John D., 36, 55, 266 


392, 398, 407 




Conway. 


COLBIRTH. 


John, 108, 114, 117, 


170, 


Charles W., 172, 174 


Thomas, 112 


173, 219, 233, 274, 


286, 


Susanna E., 174 


Cole. 


376, 385 




Susanna (Mrs.), 172 


Abner, 47 


John T., 218, 240 




William, 174 


Ebenezer, 88 


Julia Ann, 219 




William Henry, 172 



528 



Unfcer 



Cooper. 




Coutant. 




Cronk. 


Elizabeth, 174 




Susanna, 95 




Katy, 373 


James Fenimore, 41; 


1 


Covert. 




Rachel, 272, 378 


John, 382 




Elisha, 418, 436 




Cronkhydt. 


Corbin. 




Gilbert, 276 




Joseph, 414 


Abijah, 185, 375 




Jacob, 371 




Sibet, 414 


CORNE. 




John, 166, 234, 314 




Crookston. 


Peter (Capt), 215 




Mary, 392, 393, 407, 


408 


Peter, 134 


Cornelius. 




Phebe, 392, 407, 418 


419 


Crosby. 


Betsy, 159 




Thamer, 436 




Benjamin, 177, 227, 231, 


Daniel B., 159 




William, 385 




232, 233, 251, 377 


Elias (Dr.), 64, 66, 


76, 


Cox. 




Edward, 233 


92, 96, 103, 118, 


124, 


Charity, 301 




Elizabeth (Mrs.), 135, 


134, 143, 153, 158, 


159, 


Elizabeth, 338, 362, 


380, 


222, 232, 282 


181, 186, 192, 198, 


199, 


381 




Enoch, 135, 233, 282; 333 


221, 226, 231, 251, 


335, 


Hannah, 391, 406 




Enos, 233 


352, 355, 356, 375, 


391, 


Isaac, 384 




Hannah, 227, 233, 377, 


406 




Jacob, 338 




407 


James, 159 




James, 131 




Hannah (Mrs.), 232 


John, 159 




Thomas, 185, 375 




Jacob W., 441 


Jonathan, 158 




Craft. 




Jeremiah, 407 


Mary, 96, 143, 374, 


392, 


Jemima, 217, 376 




John, 232 


407 




Polly, 291, 362, 378 




Levi, 233 


Nancy, 159 




Crandle. 




Phebe, 135 


Polly, 159 




David, 280, 378 




Rachel, 391, 406 


Sally, 159 




Crane. 




Rachel (Mrs.), 233 


Sarah, 159 




John, 134, 160, 359 




Sarah, 233 


Cornell. 




Matilda, 381 




Thomas, 99, 134, 135, 


Richard, Jr., 412 




Stephen, 129, 212, 376 


232, 233, 282 


Sarah, 432 




Zebulon, 359 




Crumbie. 


Corn well. 




Crawford. 




Robert, 83, 283, 381 


John (Rev.), 60, 67 


73, 


John, 382 




Crumpton. 


398 




Robert, 127 




Abigail Golden (Mrs.), 


CORWIN. 




Cresse. 




382 


Charity Ann, 4 




David, 362, 380 




CUMMINGS. 


Christiana, 408 




Croft. 




Hannah, 441 


Daniel, 4 




Catharine, 421 




Cunningham. 


David, 401, 408 




Henry, 421 




Archibald, 24, 25 


Eliza Jane, 4 




James, 421 




Benjamin, 9 


Elmarena, 4 




John, 337 




Phebe, 230 


George Washington 


4 


Samuel, 89 




CUNSICKER. 


Hannah Maria, 4 




Cromline. 




Susanna (Mrs.), 230 


Harriet Newell, 4 




Daniel, 19 




Curry. 


Joshua, 17 




Cromwell. ;»C 0*V 


Benjamin (Rev.). 300 


Mary, 4 




Elizabeth, 356 ■. 




Betsy, 162, 163, 164, 165, 


Patience, 29 




Cronk. 




166, 305, 379 


Sally Jane, 389 




Abraham, 158, 252, 


293, 


Catharine M., 116 


Cousyn. 




393, 408 




Elizabeth, 68, 115, n6, 


Maria, 171 




Betsy, 317, 379 




247, 360 


Coutant. 




Catharine, 109, no 




Elizabeth (Mrs.), 116 


Henry, 95 




Daniel, 381 




Eunice (Mrs.), 219 


Isaac, 95 




Elizabeth, in, 373 




James, 93 


Katharine, 95 




Jane, 169, 375, 392, 


107 


Jemima, 116 



34 



529 



Ilnfcei 



Curry. 

Joseph, 93 

Joshua, 116 

Martha, 116 

Mary, 116 

Nancy, 383 

Phany, 391, 406 

Phebe. 116, 198 

Rachel, 116 

Richard, 68, 94, 116, 136. 
140, 146, 155, 157, 160, 
161, 166, 175, 177, 182, 
190, 191, 196, 198, 204, 
213, 219, 235, 244, 247, 
248, 250, 253. 257, 263. 
265, 269, 271, 273, 275, 
280, 298, 301, 308, 320, 
327, 328, 360 

Richard, Jr., 115 

Sarah, 116, 382. 391, 406 

Stephen, 115, 116, 152, 
195, 213, 237, 375 

Sylvanus, 337 
Curtis. 

Amzi, 17, 27 

Ann, 17 

Benjamin, 17, 27 

Coleman, 17, 35 

David, 17, 27, 370 

Hannah, 17, 27, 28, 

369 

Mary, 17 

Silas, 17, 27 
Cutler. 

Abner, 90, 372 

Mary, 392 

Sarah, 392, 407 
Cuyler. 

Catalina Sophia, 431 

Daggett. 

Jane, 301 
Darling. 

Thomas J., 173 
Darrow. 

Jonathan, 385 
Davenport. 

Benjamin, 440 

Cornelia, 440, 441 

Elijah, 440 

Elizabeth, 34. 414, 415, 
441 
^ Eunice. 440 



Davenport. 

Frances, 420, 439 

Isaac, 420, 440, 443 

James (Rev.), 179 

John, 440, 441 

John (Rev.), 71, 73, 77, 
119, 173- 175, 179. 180 

Margaret. 440 

Morris, 441 

Rachel, 440, 443 

Sarah, 444 

Sarah Hannah, 440 

Sarah Jane, 440 

Stephen, 442 

Thomas, 25, 414, 415, 
436 

William, 441 
Davis. 

Samuel, 373, 392, 393, 
406 
Dean. 

Anna (Mrs.), 309 

Elijah, 160, 392, 407 

Hannah, 160 

Nicholas, 271 

Rachel, 271, 342 

Sarah, 246, 377 

Sarah (Mrs.), 160 

Willett, 246 

William, 58, 97, 160 
Deboise. 

Amira Elizabeth, 46 

Jonathan. 46 

Rachel, 46 
Decker. 

Joseph, 44 
De Kay. 

Charles, 44 

Christiana, 44 

Christiana (Mrs.), 44 

Elizabeth, 44 

Frances, 44 

George, 44 

Hilio, 44 

Jacob, 44 

Jacobus, 44 

Jenny, 44 

Mary, 44 

Michael, 44 

Sarah, 44 

Thomas, 44 

Willet, 44 

William Willet, 44 

530 



De Lancey. 

Edward Floyd, 151 

James, 151, 167 

John Peter, 81, 106, 118, 
142, 151, 153, 155, 156, 
183, 199, 218, 238, 242, 

333 

Luke, 77 

Stephen, 151, 427 

Stephen James, 167 

Susanna, 57, 64, 97, 119, 
125, 136, 151, 168, 174, 
175, 176, 180, 182, 187, 
209, 216, 252, 255, 269, 
272, 286, 291, 298, 303, 
309, 324, 326, 362 

William Heathcote, 151 
Delavan. 

Nathaniel (Major), 415 

Samuel (Capt.), 229 
Denike, or Denyke. 

Hester, 173 

Isaac, 173 

Isaac, Jr., no 

Jacob. 77 

James, 371 

Mary, no, 382 
Denn. 

William, 23, 370 
Denne. 

Catharine, 421, 422 

Elizabeth (Madam), 52 

Hester, 396, 408 

Lottie, 93 

Phany, 393, 407 
Denniston. 

Samuel, 44 
Denton. 

Elizabeth, 199 

Phebe, 35 

Polly (Mrs.), 18 

Sarah, 29 
Depew, or Depue. 

Abraham, 109, no, 124, 
127, 148, 273. 373 

Augusta Matilda, no 

Catharine, no 

Charles Augustus G., 
no 

Chauncey Mitchell, no 

Elizabeth, no 

Esther, no 

Eveline, no 



Unfcei 



Depew, or Depue 




Deyos. 


Drake. 


Harriet Louise, 


no 


Christian, 188 


Benjamin, 123, 249, 271 


Henry, 109 




Pierre, 188 


Caleb, 271, 338, 380 


Henry W., no 




Dickerson. 


Cornelius, 83 


Hettie, no 




Benjamin, 191, 375 


Elizabeth, 63 


Isaac, no 




David, 80, 372 


Gilbert, 63, 67, 123 


James Kronkright, no 


Sarah Hallock (Mrs.), 


Isaac, 166 


John, 384 




351, 380 


Jane, 123, 373 


Lawrence, no 




DlCKESON. 


Jane (Mrs.), 123 


Mary, no, 292, 


407 


Mary, 197, 376 


Jasper, 392, 407 


Mary Eliza, nc 




Dickinson. 


Jeremiah, 373 


Mary W. (Mrs 


.), no 


Henry, 84 


Jerusha. 306 


Morris, no 




Jane (Mrs.), 332 


John, 123, 154, 435 


Nancy, no, 148, 


374, 382 


Tertullus, 234 


John (Col.), 306 


Robert A., no 




Dillingham. 


Joseph, 63, 123 


Sarah, 284, 378 




Charles, 385 


Joseph Rodman, 92, 123 


Sarah Louise, no 


Elizabeth, 150, 374 


Joshua, 83, 89, 94, 113, 


Thomas, 285 




Nancy, 115, 142, 277, 


154 155, 193, 213, 301, 


De Peyster. ' 




373 


326, 372 


Abraham (Col.), 428 


Polly, 384 


Josiah, 326 


Catharine, 427, 


428 


DlNGEE. 


Mary, 63, 392, 407 


Depuis. 




David, 228, 377 


Nathaniel, 63, 123 


Francois, 109 




Susanna (Mrs.), 228 


Nathaniel (Dr.), 373 


dePuw. 




DlSBROW. 


Nelson, 83 


Francoys, 109 




Henry, 412 


Peter, 236, 237 


Depuy. 




DlVIN. 


Phebe, 83, 381 


William, 109 




James, 71, 236, 251 


Polly, 191, 375 


Dequam. 




Dodd. 


Ruth, 83 


James ( ?), 76 




Stephen, 398 


Ruth (Mrs.), 63, 255 


Derby. 




Thaddeus (Rev.), 50 


Samuel, 63, 123, 129, 159 


Emily, 230 




Dodge. 


Samuel (Col.), 35, 247, 


Eunice, 377 




Mary Elizabeth Mapes 


307 


Derbyshire. 




(Mrs), 57 


Sarah, 63, 83 


Anice, 96, 132 




DOOLITTLE. 


Tamer, 83 


Benjamin, 387 




Rachel, 219, 376 


William, 83, 105, 132, 


Charlotte, 387 




Doty. 


175, 246, 251, 255, 320 


Elizabeth, 407 




Edward, no 


Drew. 


Ephi, 387 




John Ferris, no 


Sarah, 406 


Eunice, 374 




Harriet, no 


Dubois. 


Katy, 387 




Matilda Akin, no 


Hester, 41 


William, 387 




Dougherty. 


Lewis, 41 


Dervall. 




John, 443 


Dunn. 


John, 426 




William, 442 


Daniel, 3 


Deveaux. 




Doughty. 


Dusenbury, or Duzen- 


John, 152, 374 




Elias, 92 


BURY. 


Devoe. 




Douglass. 


Amaziah, 121, 373 


Benjamin, 221, 


3/6 


Harry (Dr.), 447 


Barzilla, 153, 178 


de Vries. 




Douw. 


Charles, 187, 249, 278, 


Eva, 426 




Magdalen, 432 


308, 313, 375, 382, 407 


Devuggin. 




Drake. 


Daniel, 199 


Margaret, 255, 


177 


Amy, 392 


Denton, 199, 257, 269, 


Deyos. 




Ann, 63, 83 


376 


Benjamin, 188 




Anna, 407 


Drusilla, 178, 375 



531 



Infcei 



DUSENBURY, Or DuZEN- 
BURY. 

Elizabeth, 387 

Hannah, 199 

Henry, no 

Isaac, 249 

Jarvis, 176, 199, 200, 236, 

257, 385 

John, 89, 218 

Mary I., 249 

Moses, 154, 218 

Nancy, 249 

Nathan, 173, 382 

Phany, 97, 397, 406, 490 

Samuel, 249 

William, 73, 74, 75, 76, 
82, 88, 91, 93, 94, 98, 
100, 124, 126, 139, 141, 
148, 155, 161, 183, 191, 
196, 205, 213, 217, 218, 
249, 252, 259, 265, 283, 
297 

William, Jr., 408 
Duyts. 

Catharina Jans, 171 
Dyckman. 

Abraham, 357, 380 

Anna, 374 

Annie, 149 

Benjamin, 249, 313 

Garret, 147 

Haight, 273 

Harry, 414 

Hezekiah, 442 

Jacob, 147 

Jacobus, 215 

Katherine, 249, 2>77 

Peter Corne, 215 

Sampson, 189, 192, 198, 
204, 210 

Staats Morris, 183, 196, 
215, 235, 299 

Earl. 

Benjamin, 45 
Daniel, 45 
Elizabeth, 45 
Elmer, 45 
Ezra, 45 
Hannah, 45 
John, 45 
Jonathan, 45 
Lois (Mrs.), 45 



Earl. 

Martha, 45 

Millicent, 396 

Nancy, 45 

Peter, 45 

Polly, 45 

Rachel, 45 

Richard, 45 

Sally, 45 

Samuel, 45 

Sarah, 371 

Susanna, 45 
Eaton. 

Benjamin, 28, 370 
Ecker. 

Angelica, 208 
Eddington. 

Hannah, 86 
Edwards. 

Bela B., 159 
Eggleston. 

Horatio, 219 

Rich, 384 
Eliot. 

James, 299, 379 

Jan, 412 

Sarah, 377 
Ellice. 

James, 299 
Elliot. 

O. Elliott-, 431 

Sarah, 248 
Ellis. 

Mary, 280, 378 

Joseph, 280 
Elmendorf. 

Martha, 173 
Elmer. 

Nathaniel, 7 

William, 7 
Elsen. 

Jan, 412 
Emerson. 

Samuel, 442 
Everson. 

Caroline, 385 

Falconer. 

Sarah, 321 
Farrington. 

Abigail, 175, 375 

Abner, 408 

Israel, 388 

532 



Felts, or Felt. 

Conrad, 285, 392, 407 

James, 387 

Katy, 387 

Patty, 387 

Sarah, 392, 407 
Felty. 

Conrad, 125 
Ferguson. 

Ephraim, 414 

John, 383 
Ferris. 

Adelina, 161 

Benjamin, 271, 342 

Betsy, 395, 408 

Caleb, 271 

Caleb D., 271 

Charles, 342 

David, 271 

Deborah, 271 

Ebenezer G., 161, 271 

Eliza, 116 

Elizabeth, 320 

George, 161, 375 

Gilbert. 271 

J. Henry, 342 

Jane, 116 

Jane Eliza, 342 

Jemima, 161, 389, 396, 
408 

Jesse Owen, 342 

John, 342 

Jonathan, 77, 116, 139, 
192, 219, 271, 320, 342, 
358, 380 

Jonathan H., 389 

Joseph, 271 

Joshua, 271 

Joshua C, 342 

Lansing, 161, 388 

Mary, 385 

Mary A., 342 

Nathaniel, 181, 388 

Peter, 271 

Phany, 271 

Phebe, 271, 378 

Rebecca, 357, 358, 380 

Richard, 141 

Sarah, 115, 116, 271 

Sarah (Mrs.), 161 

Sarah Harrison, 342 

Susanna, 139, 271 

Sylvanus, 88 



Infcei 



Field. 


Forman. 




Fowler. 


Benjamin, 332 


Gilbert, 104, 115, 


132, 


Jesse, 94, 286 


John, 74, 371 


280, 333, 421, 422 




John, 137, 245, 280, 386 


Mary, 130, 292 


Hannah, 280 




Joseph, 94, in, 118, 123, 


Phebe, 383 


Jacob, 148, 374 




136, 165, 167, 169, 177, 


Sarah, 186 


Jacob R., 148 




197, 198, 216, 217, 218, 


Finch. 


James Henry (Dr.) 


, 422 


219, 220, 222, 244, 280, 


Daniel, 2 


Jane Eliza (Mrs.), 


116 


298, 339, 351, 388 


James, 2 


Joseph, 162, 185, 


205, 


Joseph, Jr., 146 


Samuel, 418 


280, 406 




Martha, 419, 440, 442 


Firman. 


Mary Ann, 148 




Martha (Mrs.), 137 


Samuel, 418 


Pamelia, 280 




Mary, 137, 339, 380 


Fish. 


Phebe, 148 




Mary Seaman, 245 


John, 136, 185, 375 


Samuel, 148 




Nancy, 137 


Fisher. 


Sarah, 148, 280, 


379, 


Patty, 384, 401, 408 


Joseph, 382 


382 




Peter D., 137 


Flagler. 


Stephen, 308, 379 




Phebe, 137 


Abraham, 179, 375 


Susanna, 280 




Reuben, 136, 137, 172, 


Fleetinburgh. 


Walter G., 148 




3ii, 323, 354 


Mary (Mrs.), 104 


William, 148, 249 




Sarah, 311, 386, 392, 


Flewellen. 


Fountain. 




407 


Pamelia, 268 


Euphemia (Mrs.), ] 


74 


Silas, 387 


Floyd. 


Jotham, 174 




Solomon, 245 


Charity, 42 


Fowler. 




Thaddeus, 245 


Charles, 42 


Abigail, 323 




Theodore, 137 


Hester, 42 


Andrew (Rev.), 82 


215 


Tisha, 384 


Jesse, 42 


Anna, 402, 409 




William, 84, 291, 335, 


John, 41, 370 


Barret, 245 




380 


Nicoll, 42 


Betsy Travis (Mrs.), 


Fox. 


Richard, 42 


381 




George, 211 


Ruth, 42 


Caleb, 86 




Gilbert, 314 


Sarah, 42 


Caleb Ward, 245 




Jeremiah, 105, 140, 166, 


Tabitha, 42 


Charles, 137 




383 


William (Col.), 42 


Charles A., 443 




Jerry, 121 


FOOTE. 


Charles A., Jr., 443 




Fraser. 


Ebenezer, 62, 79, 122 


Christopher, 438 




John (Gen. Sir), 431 


Forbosch. 


Cornelius John Warren, 


Frear. 


William, 171 


443 




James M., no 


For man. 


Elijah, 245, 382 




French. 


Aaron, 53, 58, 60, 61, 62, 


Eliza (Mrs.), 137 




Francis, 92 


65, 66, 67, 71, 74, 79, 


Elizabeth, 280, 383, 


386, 


Friskey. 


82, 84, 85, 93, 94, ios, 


438 




William, 15, 49 


296, 330, 406 


Everitt, 443 




Frost. 


Abigail (Mrs.), 274 


Freddie, 443 




Abigail (Mrs.), 282 


Barney, 148 


Gilbert, 362 




Anna, 285, 378 


Benjamin, 280 


Hannah, 351, 380, 


386, 


Charity, 286 


Catharine, 280 


406 




Ebenezer, 361 


Eliza, 148 


Henry, 209 




Elizabeth, 186, 289 


Elizabeth, 148, 280, 


Hester, 245 




Esther, 286 


406 


Isaac, 214 




Euphemia, 286 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 220 


James, 245 




Fanny, 311 


Esther A., 421 


Jane, 103, 172, 373 




Jacob, 297, 305, 311, 314, 


Fanny, 148 


Jeremiah D., 137 




319 



533 



Unfcei 



Frost. 
James, 237, 283, 377, 383 
Joel, 140, 238, 279, 300, 

304- 374 
Joel (Hon.), 264 
John, 140 
Jordan C, 286 
Joseph, 311 
Horton, 286 
Martha, 311 
Mary, 286 
Nancy, 397, 408 
Niles, 300 
Phebe, 311 
Prior, 286, 293, 378 
Rachel, 289 
Rhody, 286 
Rosetta, 211 
Sarah (Mrs.), 311 
Simeon, 286 
William, 286 
Wright, 286, 311 
Fuller. 
Emma Annetta, 444 

FURMAN. 

Sophia, 57 

Gale. 

Catharine, 2 

Christiana (Mrs.), 44 

Francis, 71, 369 

Ira, 153, 374 

Isaac, 323 

Polly, 382 

Rebecca, 323, 379 
Galloway. 

Elizabeth (Mrs.), 45 
Gardenier. 

Sarah, 172 
Gardner. 

Thomas, 435 
Garner. 

John, 9, 17, 38, 41, 47. 
49. 54, 55, 56, 141 
Garretson. 

Sarah (Mrs.), 148 
Garrison. 

Abraham, 420 

Hannah, 339 

Harry, 156, 161, 163, 
187, 193, 196, 213, 217, 
219, 416 

James Cox, 387 



Garrison. 

Jane, 419 

John, 66, 72. 77, 156, 392, 
407 

Samuel, 382 

Sarah, 382 

William, 181, 369 
Gazely. 

Aaron, 291, 378 
Gedney. 

Eleazer, 412 

Isaac, 412, 422 

John, 411 

Ruth, 411, 412 
Gee. 

Rossel, 48 
Gerhardt. 

Paul, 448 
Gerow. 

' Mille, 168, 375 
Gerritse. 

Greetje, 411 
Gifford. 

Robert, 193, 375 
Gilbert. 

Judson H., 353 
Gilchrist. 

William (Capt.). 87, 

435 
Gillet. 

Ashel, 88, 372 

Jane, 394 
Goelet. 

Jacob, 411 
Goetchius. 

Aletta, 84 

John, 382 

Peter, 84 
Golden. 

Abigail, 228 

Coles, 66, 156, 180, 185, 
371 

Eunice, 165, 375, 407 

Thomas, 131, 373 
Golding. 

Abigail, 228 

Abraham, 228 

Charlotte, 228 

Gilbert. 228 

Isaac, 228 

Joseph, 228 

Margaret, 228 

Phebe (Mrs.), 228 

534 



Golding. 

Susanna, 228, 377 
Good. 

George, 375 
Gould. 

Abraham, 225 

Jay, 225 

John Burr. 225 , 
Gourlay. 

William (Dr.), 431 
Gouverneur. 

Mary (Mrs.), 439. 

444 

Samuel, 439, 444 
Graham. 

Isaac, 305, 379 

Molly, 402, 409 

Robert, 379 
Grant. 

Ebenezer (Rev.), 398, 

399 

Gray. 

Benjamin, 43 

Benjamin B.. 115 

Daniel, 54 

Eleazer, 54 

Esther, 54 

James, 54 

Major, 59, 370 

Margaret, 30, 370 

Margaret (Mrs.), 54 

Mary, 54 

Sarah, 54 

William, 54 "* 

Green. 

Ame, or Amy, 194. 344. 
380 

Ashbel (Rev.), 4 

Benjamin (Col.), 282, 

333 ( 

Betsy, 382 
Catharine, 423 
David, 283 
Eunice, 283 
Isaiah, 148 
Israel, 423 
Jacob (Rev.), 4, 12, 14, 

22, 32, 36, 42, 44, 45, 

47, 49. 5o, 54. 58. 61. 

81, 121 
James. 283 
Jeremiah, 283 
Joseph, 266 



1Jnt>ei 



Green. 


Hadden, or Hedden. 




Haight. 


Margaret (Mrs.), 282, 


Abraham Smith (Capt), 


J. Cornelius, 418 


333 


129, 130, 132, 135, 


146, 


Jacob, 242, 420 


Nancy, 381 


164, 212, 215, 307, 


343 


James, 230, 241, 294, 377, 


Peggy, 305, 379 


Anna, 233, 274, 377 




387, 419 


Phebe (Mrs.), 136 


Betsy, 382 




John, 84, 135, 156, 242, 


Stephen, 381 


Elizabeth, 249 




335. 372, 3%7, 419, 420 


William (Gen.), 423 


Esther, 381 




John (Capt.), 128, 130, 


Gregory. 


Gilbert, 129, 373 




170, 241, 246, 251, 257, 


Elnathan (Rev.), 84 


John, 235, 236, 237, 


268, 


340, 442 


Grenzebeck. 


408 




John B., 84 


John, 416 


John, Jr., 182 




Jonathan, 163, 375 


Griffen, or Griffin. 


Morris., 383 




Joseph, 100, 128, 142, 241, 


Amy, 441 


Moses, 249, 372 




417, 419, 420, 421, 442 


David, 268 


Phebe, 372 




Joshua, 88, 135, 150, 161, 


Elias, 118 


Sarah, 129, 212, 376 




176, 178, 440 


Elizabeth, 118, 233 


Hadley. 




Leoney, 294 


Ezekiel, 118 


John, in, 288 




Louise (Mrs.), no 


Hannah, 196, 376 


Joseph, 144 




Martha, 344, 380, 420 


Jacob, 208 


Haerlager. 




Mary, 136, 242, 294, 417, 


Jacob (Col.), 202, 208 


Frena, 100 




419, 420, 440, 441 


James, 118, 373 


Hageman. 




Moses, 84 


Jerusha (Mrs.), 162 


Alice, no 




Nancy, 392, 407 


John, 441 


Hager. 




Nathaniel, Jr., 201 


Jonathan, 133 


J. H., 283 




Phebe, 84, 136, 419 


« Judith, 208 


Ha^ght. 




Philena, 419 


Phebe, 268, 378 


Abraham, 84 




Polly (Mrs.), 440 


Philip, 118 


Anna, 279 




Samuel, 294, 387 


Polly, 118 


Benjamin, 58. 63, 64, 66, 


Samuel (Capt.), 68 


Robert, 118 


73, 76, 79, 89, 143, 


147, 


Samuel (Gen.), 21 


Ruth (Mrs.), 202 


148, 149, 163, 183, 


222, 


Samuel J., 440 


Samuel (Rev.), 118 


223, 260, 391, 406 




Samuel, Jr., 233 


Sarah, 208, 268, 362, 372 


Beverly, 420 




Sarah, 253, 294, 377, 419 


Sarah (Mrs.), 118 


Bridget, 21 




Solomon, 84 


Theodore, 118 


Charity, 136 




Stephen, 242, 420 


Thomas, 162 


Charles, 440 




Susanna, 78, 297, 379, 


Grin nell. 


Cornelius, 241, 269, 


419 


387, 407 


Julia (Mrs.), 174 


Daniel, 61, 84, 136, 


145, 


Sylvanus, 135, 177, 241, 


Moses H., 174 


294, 372, 419, 440, 


442 


294, 344, 398, 420, 440 


Groff. 


Dorothy, 136 




William, 135, 157, 419 


Sidney, 86 


Elizabeth, 84, 253, 


335, 


William H., 422 


Grover. 


380, 419 




Hains. 


Ebenezer, 4 


Elnathan, 65, 78, 85, 


152, 


Martha (Mrs.), 219 


Joseph (Rev.), 4, 14, 25, 


253, 294 




Hale. 


112, 259 


Esther, 416. 419 




James C, 174 


Stephen, 4, 229 


Fletcher Mathews, 


21 


Hall. 


Gruion. 


Gilbert, 136, 153 




Caleb, 115, 165, 301, 435 


Walter, 381 


Hannah, 176, 242, 


375- 


Esther (Mrs. - ). 309 


Gunung. 


420, 440, 442 




H., 9 


Polly, 384 


Hannah (Mrs.), 37c 




Henry, 213 




Henry, 88, 242, 387, 


419. 


James, 147 


Hacket. 


420, 422 




Mary, 190. 301 


Samuel, 38 


Hester, 84 




Peggy, 378 



535 



Unfcei 



Hall. 

Samuel, 5, 25, 38, 39, 50, 

SI 1 54, 383 
Hallock. 

Henry J., 173 

Pamelia (Mrs.), 230 

Sarah, 351, 380 
Halsey. 

Apolos, 44 
Halstead, or Halsted. 

Abby, 69 

Abigail, 206 

Abigail (Mrs.), 104 

Abraham, 104 

Charity, 104, 332 

David, 104 

Eleanor, 104 

Ezekiel, 206 

Henry, 104 

Isaac, 104 

Jacob, 104 

John, 104 

Jonah, 104 

Joseph, 104, 107 

Mary, 104 

Rebecca, 104 

Robert, 104 

Thomas, 104, 332 

Timothy, 104 

William, 104, 373 
Hammond. 

James, 165 

James (Col.), 208 

Lazarus, 21 

Lovina, 165 

Thomas, 175, 375 
Hanford. 

Elnathan (Capt.), 312 

Hannah, 312 
Hanna. 

Hester, 389 

John (Rev.), 184, 187, 
188, 194, 195, 198, 205 

Leiza, 389 
Hanson. 

Frank, 436 
Hardy. 

Elias, 332 

Martha (Mrs.), 332 
Harper. 

Abigail, 225 

Alexander, 225 

James, 225 



Harper. 

John, 225 

John, Jr., 225 

Joseph. 225 

Margaret, 225 

Mary, 225 

Miriam, 225 

Rebecca (Mrs.), 225 

William, 225 
Harris. 

Peter (Capt.), 91 
Hart. 

Allan (Dr.), 290 

Betsy Ann, 239, 389 

Cornelius, 239, 388 

David. 386 

Elizabeth, 380, 391, 396, 
406, 408 

Gilbert, 207, 376 

Isaac, 389 

James, 381 

James B., 387 

Jonathan, 386 

Monmouth, 155, 239, 
377, 388 

Phebe, 389 

Robert, 192 

Samuel, 233, 339, 377, 386 

Sarah (Mrs.), 239 

Susanna, 356, 380, 386 

William, 239, 388 

Zillah, 339 
Hatfield. 

Hannah, 384 

J-, 157 

Joshua. 134 

Richard, 134, 147 

Sarah, 339, 380 
Hathaway. 

Marietta, 339 
Haviland. 

Elizabeth, 62, 186, 370 

Gilbert, 195, 272, 375 

Hester, 62 

John, 285, 378 

Peggy, 103. 331, 373 

Polly, 200, 376 
Hawkins. 

Caroline C, 70 

Mary, 25, 370 
Hawks. 

Caleb, 441 

Maria, 441 

536 



Haws. 

Betsy, 382 

Judith (Mrs.), 164 

Mary, 245, 377 

Nancy, 382 

Pelatiah, 141, 164 

Solomon, 165, 195, 295 
Hawxhurst. 

Mary, 356 
Hazard, or Hazzard. 

Charles I. S., 247 

Lydia, 74 

Margaret, 95, 247, 356 

Martha (Mrs.), 247 

Nathaniel, 167 

Thomas, 247 
Hazel. 

Sarah, 329, 379 
Hazen. 

Eleazer, 134 

Hannah, 134 
Headley. 

John, 126 
Hear. 

Vinney (?), 54 
Heathcote. 

Ann, 151 

Caleb (Col.), 413 
Helm, Helme, or Helms. 

Anselm, 15, 19, 29, 30, 
36, 40, 43, 45- 47 

Brewster, 30, 44 

Deborah, 30, 44 

Eunice, 44 

Homer, 33 

Jane, 401, 408 

Jemima, 407 

Joseph W., 44 

Mary, 44 

Nathan W., 44 

Obadiah, 35 

Phebe, 44 

Ruth, 44 

Sarah, 401, 408 

Thomas, 9 

William, 52 
Henderson. 

Josiah (Rev.), 321, 329, 
332 
Hendricks. 

Marritie, 218 
Henmon. 

Jabez, 28, 31, 370 



Infcei 



Herd. 




HlLLIKER. 




Horton. 


Isaac, 29, 176, 375 




Lysa, 243 




Daniel, Jr., 118, 130, 190, 


Heroy. 




Margaret, 243 




248, 256, 295, 399, 


Charles, 296, 307, 


336, 


Mary, 243 




408 


371, 387, 406 




Samuel, 243 




David, 16, 387 


Clarkson, 407 




Susanna, 277, 374 




Ebenezer, 389 


Hester, 406 




Winchey, 243 




Elijah, 116 


Isaac, 96 




HlNARD. 




Elizabeth, 146, 186, 


James, 96, 165, 375, 


436 


Samuel, 384 




373_ 


Parthiah, 387 




HlTT. 




Emeline, 89 


Phebe, 407 




John, 2,73 




Esther, 339 


Phebe (Mrs.), 336 




HOADLEY. 




Gilbert Chew (Mrs.), 


Solomon, 387 




Chester, 268, 334 




230 


Herrick. 




Ebenezer, 6, 27, 30, 


138, 


Hannah, 186, 421 


Eunice, 40 




152, 163, 189, 323 




Henry, 389 


Heusted. 




Philo, 191 




Hester, 52 


Dorothy, 359, 380 




Hoeg. 




Isaac, 16, 29, 36 


James, 200, 376 




Dorothy (Mrs.), 136 


Isaiah, 388 


Lucy (Mrs.), 376 




HOLLOWAY. 




Israel, 387 


HlAT. 




Joseph, 45 




Jacob, 186 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 92 


Mary, 45 




James, 389, 412 


Mary (Mrs.), 92 




Holly. 




James Wright, 150 


Ruth, 92 




Judah, 406 




Jesse, 387 


Thomas, 92 




Holmes. 




Joel, 385 


HlCKOX. 




David, 387 




John, 69, 91, 92, 99, 152, 


James (Rev.), 190, 


202, 


Jemima, 227 




206, 392 


203, 241, 252, 260, 


273, 


Letitia, 221, 376 




John Wesley, 150 


278, 282, 314. 330, 


335, 


Hood. 




Jonathan, 52 


344, 345, 354 




Joseph, 408 




Joseph, 186, 387 


HlEMAN. 




Hook. 




Joshua, 420 


Nancy, 382 




Cornelius (Capt), 446 


Lee, 387 


HlGBY. 




Hopkins. 




Letitia, 421 


Jacob, 185, 375 




Harriet, 86 




Margaret, 389 


John, 372 




Lemuel, 156, 165, 375 


■ 407 


Martha, 31, 370, 389 


High at. (See Hyatt.) 


Sally, 86 




Mary (Mrs.), 16, 78 


Hill. 




Samuel, 392 




Mary Ann, 389 


Andrew (Major), 


79, 


Solomon, 135 




Mathias, 16 


82, 155, 181, 224 




Stephen, 372 




Nancy, 102, 165, 166, 


John, 215, 376 




Horton. 




396, 399, 408 


Katurah, 408 




Abigail, 16, 38 




Nathaniel, 126, 389 


Uriah, 155 




Abigail (Mrs.), 150 




Phebe, 289, 389, 392, 398, 


HlLLIKER. 




Abijah, 213, 387 




407 


Abraham, 243 




Barnabas, 16, 29, 38, 40, 


Rachel, 150, 372 


Augustus, 243 




44, 46 




Ruth Abiah, 150 


David, 154, 243, 


318, 


Betsy, 373 




Samuel, 387 


377 




Betsy Ann, 150 




Sarah, 108, 186, 373, 382, 


Coles, 196, 376 




Caleb, 186 




385, 392, 407 


Henry, 232, 377 




Daniel, 68, 83, 102, 


104, 


Sarah (Shamron) 


Henry Brown, 243 




113, 117. 128, 131, 


148, 


(Mrs.), 384 


Hester, 243 




150, 157, 162, 164, 


165, 


Silas, 16 


Jane, 243 




168, 197, 237, 274, 


275, 


Stephen, 62, 108, 146, 


John, 243 




285, 286, 289, 323, 


372, 


186, 195, 218, 267, 


Lavina, 243 




396, 398 




362 



537 



Ilnfcei 



HORTON. 

Stephen, Jr., 143 
Tamer, 387 
Thomas, 24, 224 
William, 118, 146, 268, 

406 
Wright, 186 
Zachariah, 17 
Hotchkiss. 
Amos, 26. 189 
Gideon (Capt), 26 
How. 
Elizabeth 62, 370 
John, 406 
Martha, 406 
Howell. 
Abigail, 19 
Charles, 19, 27 
Edward, 19, 34 
Floyd, 26 
Hezekiah, Jr. (Major), 

7, 14, 19, 21, 51 
Hezekiah, Sr., 7, 14, 18, 

19, 27, 32, 35. 46 
Jane, 19, 46 
John, 19 

Mary (Mrs.), 35 
Phebe, 19, 64 
Stephen, 19, 27 
Susanna (Mrs.), 19, 

35 

HOYT. 

Benjamin, 418 
Deborah, 418 
Elizabeth, 419 
Eunice, 418 
John, 417, 419 
Jonathan, 418 
Joshua, 418 
Mary, 418 
Moses, 418 
Nicholas, 418 
Rachel, 418 
Ruth, 418 
Ruth (Mrs.), 417 
Samuel, 418 
Simon, 417 
Susanna (Mrs.), 417 
Thomas, 418 
Walter, 418 
Hubbell, or Hubble. 
Daniel, 350, 388 
Elizabeth (Mrs.), 395 



Hubbell. or Hubble. 
Ezra, 192, 350 
Ferris. 350, 388 
Hannah, 350, 388 
Henry, 350, 388 
James, 350, 388 
Jane, 350, 388, 389 
Jesse, 388 
Jesse Owens, 350 
John, 350, 388 
Joseph, 350 
Joseph Levernan, 389 
Maria, 350, 388 

Hudson. 
John, 14, 17, 24. 370 
William, 24 
William, Jr., ^ 

Hueson. 
Joseph. 94 

HUGGERFORD. 

Esther, 332 

Frances, 332 

Jane. 332 

John, 332 

Joseph, 332 

Martha, 332 

Peter (Dr.), 332 

Tertullus, 332 

Thomas, 104, 332 
Hughes. 

William, 436 
Hugh son. 

Tamar, 185, 375 
Hulse. 

Ebenezer, 13 

Elizabeth, 13 

Isaac, 13 

Peter, 13 

Samuel, 13 

Stephen, 13, 15 
Hunt. 

Annie Belleville, 447 

Joseph, 169 

Lavina, 169, 375 

Lydia, 306 

Solomon, 68 
Hunter. 

Ann (Mrs.), 63 

Hannah (Mrs.), 162 

Mary, 252, 377 

Philip, 252 
Hustis. 

Ann, 438, 441 

538 



Hustis. 
Caleb, 438, 441 
Charity, 417, 420 
Charity (Mrs.), 438 
David, 414 
Elizabeth, 440, 443 
Isaac, 441, 444 
Milton I., 444 
Samuel, 442 
William, 441 

HUTCHENS. 

Henry, 383 
Hyatt. 

Adalina, 202, 277, 385, 

388 
Byerly, 130, 245, 304 
C, 241 
Caleb, 133 
Camilla. 201, 416 
Catharine, 432 
Chloe, 396, 408 
Clark, 300 
Daniel, 234, 236, 271, 

326 
David, 201, 202, 252, 254, 

261, 269, 276, 290, 293, 

297, 308, 313, 359, 365, 

376, 389, 394- 396, 398, 

400, 401 
David M., 201, 408 
Edward, 388 
Eliza, 300, 389 
Elizabeth, 61, 150, 198, 

202 
Esther, 300 
Eunice (Mrs.), 304 
Gilbert, 373 
Hannah, 61 
Henry, 389 
Henry (Capt.), 216 
Henry White, 202 
Israel, 201, 202 
James, 130, 197, 376. 

385 
James D., 300 
Jane, 201, 202, 204, 376, 

389, 392, 404. 407, 409, 

416 
Jesse, 318 
John, 61, 75, 130, 166, 

169, 173. 261, 265, 291, 

293. 300, 311, 371, 375- 

383 



Ilnfcex 



Hyatt. 

John (Capt.), 268, 285, 
292, 307 

Joseph, 300, 389 

Joseph C, 202 

Joshua, 61, 130, 131, 132, 
185, 192, 193, 204, 218, 
232, 234, 255, 300, 353 

Joshua (Capt), 65, 96, 
106, 115, 116, 117, 119, 
125, 126, 210, 231, 253, 
266, 289, 300, 312, 313. 

315 

Joshua (Col.), 304 

Joshua B., 300 

Justus, 130 

Lane, 272 

Leonard, 300 

Mary, 130, 201, 202, 300, 

314, 353, 379, 392, 396, 

407, 408 
Mary (Mrs.), 95, 249 
Millicent, 95, 201, 251, 

385, 388 
Nancy, 373 
Nathaniel, 69, 95, 201, 

202, 204, 322, 355, 379, 

385, 388 
Nathaniel (Capt.), 201 
Phebe, 201, 202, 266, 

378 
Polly, 384, 401, 408 
Sarah, 61, 130, 133, 232, 

281, 384, 388, 401, 

408 
Silas, 388 

Silas Constant, 201 
Susan, 281 
Susanna, 86 
Sylvanus, 61 
Tamer, 160, 374 
William, 358, 384 
Hynard. 
Michael, 185 

Ingersoll. 
Cornelius, 155, 382, 386 
Eleanor, 155, 406 
Elizabeth, 155, 239, 377, 

386 
Henry W., 173 
Joseph, 68, 79, 214, 246, 

295, 301 



Ingersoll. 

Josiah, 65, 72, 85, 117, 
118, 128, 131, 152, 155, 
183, 219, 231, 330, 362, 
392, 400, 407 

Nancy, 232, 377 

Sarah, 155, 386 
Ireland. 

Gilbert, 441 

Lydia (Mrs.), 441 

Matilda, 421 

Matilda Ann, 441 
Irving. 

Henry Ogden, 174 

Lewis G., 174 

Maria (Mrs.), 174 

Oscar, 174 

Pierre, 174 

Jackson. 

Abel (Rev.), 352 
Jacobs. 

Aaron Clements, 358 

Deborah, 384 

James Hiram, 358 

John, 357, 358, 380 

Margaret, 358 

Mary E., 358 

Peggy, 355, 380 

Samuel, 355, 358, 
38i 

Simeon, 358, 380 

Simmons, 358 

Thomas S., 358 
James. 

Lewis, 14 
Jameson. 

David, 411 
Jaycox. 

Charity, 416 

Joseph, 414 

William H., 443 
Jefferds. 

Samuel (Capt.), 436 
Jemberson. (?) 

John, 374 
Jenkins. 

Polly, 383 
Jennings. 

Isaac, 25 

Mary, 25, 322, 337 
Jessup. 

Lewis, no 

539 



Jewel. 

Daniel, 316, 379 
Johnson. 

Andrew, 435 

Ann, no 

Elizabeth, 443 

Kate, 381, 397, 408 

Margaret, 351, 380 

Lucy, 333, 379 

Oliver B., 443 

Robert, no 
Jones. 

Annanias, 274 

Benjamin, 92 

Christian (Mrs.), 139 

Cornelius, 92 

Daniel, 216, 376 

Ebenezer, 92 

Ebenezer, Jr., 92 

Elizabeth, 213 

Eunice, 179, 375 

Evan, 88, 372 

Isaac, 139 

James, 70, 371 

Jane, 88, 92, 93 

John, 28, 70, 74, 93, 94, 
105, in, 116, 175, 179, 
213, 221, 232, 235, 237, 
245, 253, 255, 271, 273, 

274, 308, 326, 389, 435 
John, Jr., 119, 348 
Joseph, 70, 92, 213 
Leah, 139, 302 
Leonard, 388 
Margaret, 139 

Marie, 245 

Martha, 213 

Martha (Mrs.), 92 

Mary, 92 

Mercy, 331 

Nancy, 381 

Nathan, 139 

Phebe, 70, 213, 274, 371 

Rachel, 139, 271, 387, 

420 
Rachel (Mrs.), 213 
Samuel, 139, 213. 232, 

245, 257, 320, 382 
Sarah, 213, 384. 406 
Smith, 121, 139, 213, 271. 

275, 420 

Smith William, 139, 161, 
190, 302, 420 



flnfcei; 



Jones. 

Susannah, 91, 213, 244, 

245. 377 
William, 92, 139, 370 
Zophar, 104, 112, 139, 190, 

244, 269, 278, 296, 302 
Judd. 

Benjamin (Rev.), 127, 

182 
J., 62 

JUDSON. 

Ellis, 8 
Jump. 

Anne (Mrs.), 94 
Sarah, 174, 375 

Kane. 

Elisha Kent, 80 
Kateselides. 

Jane, 88 
Kellogg. 

Russell, 203, 226 
Kelsey. 

Mary, 157 
Kemble. 

Gertrude, 172 
Kent. 

Elisha (Rev.), 80 

James, 80 
Kerr. 

Martha, 293 

Mary (Mrs.), 292 

Mr. (Rev.), 2 
Ketcham. 

Anna, 32 

Anne, 107 

Benjamin, 32 

John, 32 

Joseph, 32, 152, 374 

Mary, 32 

Nathaniel, 32 

Samuel, 32, 42 
King. 

Abel, 39 

Deborah (Mrs.), 33 

Deliverance, 33 

Eleanor, 309, 379 

Elizabeth, 39 

Ezra, 39 

Henry, 132, 374 

James, 39 

John, 39 

Jonas, 39 



King. 

Joseph, 39 

Juliana, 39 

Peter, 39 

Sarah, 39 

Susan, 39 

William, 33 
Kipp. 

Ezra, 95 

KlRKHAM. 

Peter, 160, 374 

Samuel Martin, 442 
Knapp. 

Abigail, 289 

Abijah, 289 

Aletha, 289 

Benjamin, 119, 289, 381, 
386 

Caleb, 288 

David, 69, 115, 119, 127, 
150, 177, 207, 289, 357, 
375, 376, 381, 386 

Daniel Horton, 289, 290 

David, 69, 115, 119, 127, 
130, 152, 154, 155, 161, 
164, 175, 187, 196, 209, 
218, 228, 232, 244, 247, 
248, 252, 255, 257, 260, 
266, 268, 269, 280, 286, 
288, 289, 290, 291, 295, 
296, 297, 304, 314, 326, 
342, 374. 391. 392, 394, 
406 

Denche, 289 

Elijah Lee, 289, 290 

Elinor (Mrs.), 288 

Elizabeth, 289 

Enoch, 89, 372 

Esther, 212, 274, 289, 376 

Gabriel, 103, 316, 377 

Israel (Capt), 441 

J-, 225 

Jane, 290 

Jane (Mrs.), 274 

John, 419 

Jonathan, 288 

Joseph, 214 

Joshua, 288, 385 

Katy, 381, 407 

Lomarus, 105 

Lucy, 23, 370 

Lydia, 288 

Mary, 128, 357, 373 

540 



Knapp. 

Millicent, 214 

Moses, 119, 275, 288, 

289, 311, 386 
Nicholas, 288 
Peter, 76 
Phebe, 150, 289, 290, 

374, 398, 407 
Robert, 289, 384 
Ruth, 288 
Ruth Ann, 290 
Samantha, 436 
Sandford (Dr.), 295 
Sarah, 131, 288, 290, 372, 

373 

Silas, 225 

Susanna, 439, 441 

Timothy, 288 
Knibloe. 

Ebenezer (Rev.), 135, 
206 
Kniffen. 

Sarah, 282 
Knight. 

Thomas, 16 
Knokes. 

Edward, 382 
Knowlton. 

Nancy (Mrs.), 45 
Kortright. 

Cornelius, 431 

Elizabeth, 429, 431 
Krankheyt, or Kronk- 
heit. 

Isaiah, 436 

James (Capt.), 110 

Margaret, 436 

Sophia (Mrs.), 171 

Theunis, 171 

Lamb. 

James, 10, 22, 26, 27 
Lambert. 

Sarah, 392, 407 
Lamoreux. 

Betsy, 239, 377 

Charity, 35 

Elizabeth, 35 

Elizabeth (Mrs.), 320 

Hannah, 35 

Isaac, 35 

James, 234 

Jane, 35 






flnfcex 



Lamoreux. 


Lane. 


Lee. 


John, 2, 10, 35 


Lydia, 129 


Eliza, 274 


John, St., 49 


Mary, 277, 365, 381, 


Elizabeth, 68, 69, 70, 247, 


Joshua B.. 35 


406 


388, 393, 408 


Martha, 35 


Nancy, 182 


Enos, 58, 69, 241, 296, 


Phebe, 35, 45, 233, 370, 


Nathaniel, 392 


306 


377 


Peter, 117, 165, 179, 180, 


Esther, 391, 406 


Robert, 35 


182, 185, 236, 242, 250, 


Francis (Mrs.), 69 


Susanna, 10, 35, 49, 369 


276, 279, 281, 286, 291, 


Hannah, 63, 68, 69, 274, 


Thomas, 35 


296, 301, 314, 330, 331, 


307, 379 


Lancaster. 


392, 396, 398, 403, 407 


Henry, 69 


David, 1, 3, 47, 71 


Rebecca, 386 


Jane, 69, 207, 274, 280, 


William, 135 


Robert, 234, 276, 277, 


376 


Landrine. 


377 


John, 60, 68, 69, 72, 79, 


Benjamin, 409 


Sarah, 218, 249 


86, 112, 114, 118, 137, 


Darius, 389 


Smith, 217, 346, 376 


152, 154, 155, 156, 179, 


Lane. 


Stephen, 90, in, 276 


183, 196, 197, 199, 221, 


Abigail, 392, 402, 407, 409 


St. John, 387 


233, 235, 262, 275, 280, 


Abigail (Mrs.), 372 


Subrana, 386 


356, 406 


Ame, 391 


Susanna, 385, 388, 401, 


John, Jr., 77, 78, 151, 


Amy, 407 


408 


153, 234, 286 


Amzi, 389 


Thankful, 392 


Joseph, 48, 50, 62, 66, 67, 


Archer, 387 


William, 116, 385 


69, 71, 72, 74, 75, 83, 


Archibald, 402, 409 


William S., 202, 277 


85, 88, 93, 96, 97, in, 


Caleb, 261, 276, 277, 374, 


William W., 198 


116, 131, 141, 160, 161, 


402, 409 


Lang. 


168, 186, 234, 235, 247, 


Catharine, 365 


John, 389 


253, 254, 274, 290, 307, 


Catharine (Mrs.), 276 


Nancy, 389 


308, 360, 378, 385, 406 


Charity, 276, 392, 406 


Tisha, 407 


Letitia B., 69 


Daniel, 276, 387 


Leake. 


Mary, 69, 322, 379, 391, 


Elijah, 402 


Emeline Pamelia, 339 


398, 406 


Elisha, 115, 142, 250, 


Lee. 


Nancy, 164, 375, 387, 388 


275, 276, 277, 314, 408 


Abigail, 69, 289, 374 


Phana, 398 


Eliza Ann, 389 


Abigail (Mrs.), 69, 70 


Phebe, 69, 232, 377, 381, 


Elizabeth, 392, 406 


Abijah, 68, 69, 72, 274, 


386, 396, 406, 408 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 277 


325, 333, 362, 387, 


Phebe (Mrs.), 63, 68, 


" Esquire," 125, 155, 187, 


406 


213, 214, 262, 270 


199, 208, 235, 263, 270, 


Ann, 69 


Philip, 386 


286, 288, 289, 309, 310, 


Anna, 68 


Richard, 250, 360, 380 


3", 323, 339, 341, 349, 


Anna B., 69 


Robert, 62, 97, 98, 176, 


354, 358 


Betsy, 388 


193, 199, 282, 334, 391, 


Esther, 289, 372 


Daniel, 388 


406 


George, 192, 396, 408 


Dinah, 69, 392, 407 


Robert Perine, 69, 70 


Harrison, 389 


Elijah, 64, 65, 68, 70, 87, 


Sarah, 69, 251, 281, 287, 


Henry, 105, 157, 209, 


94, 113, 114, 117, 119, 


381, 388, 406 


256, 272, 316, 386 


126, 142, 149, 151, 187, 


Sarah (Mrs.), 68 


Highat, 104, 113, 127, 


189, 202, 204, 207, 217, 


Thomas, 68, 69, 70, 


142, 175, 179, 184, 197, 


219, 223, 234, 237, 247, 


185 


212, 229, 255, 258, 269, 


249, 254, 255, 266, 270, 


William, 68, 340, 360 


316, 365 


273, 281, 282, 283, 285, 


Lefurjah. 


James, 336, 387 


286, 287, 289, 295, 296, 


Isaac, 402, 408 


Joseph, 388 


326, 332, 335, 355, 358, 


Leggett. 


Lettice, 387 


392, 396, 397, 407 


Mary, 108 



541 



Unfcei 



Lent. 


Leverich. 


LlCKLEY, LlCKLY, Or 


Abraham, 138, 141, 223, 


Henry, 385 


Likely. 


246, 377, 379 


James, 339, 380 


Adelia, 89 


Betsy, 75, 371 


Levinus. 


Daniel Odell, 88 


Catharine, 141, 143 


Judy, 197, 376 


Ebenezer, 89 


David, 382 


Lewis. 


Elizabeth, 88, 93, 150, 374 


Edward, 141 


Amy, 


Esther Elizabeth, 89 


Elizabeth, 141, 200, 245, 


Amzi (Rev.), 3, 4, 8, 9, 


Hannah, 88 


295, 376, 377 


10, 15, 23, 24, 31, 33, 


Henry, 88 


Esther, 141 


35, 36, 40, 42, 43, 44, 


John, 83, 87, 88, 89, 112, 


Francis, 138 


45, 49, 5i, 53, 61, 66, 


145, 148, 149, 187, 198, 


Francis Albert, 317 


95, 106, 112, 115, 118, 


206, 213, 268 


George, 132 


122, 123, 128, 131, 141, 


John Mead, 89 


Gilbert, 239, 377 


151, 178, 179, 197, 198, 


Joseph, 87 


Harmanus, 96, 98, 372 


199, 204, 211, 212, 217, 


Margaret, 88, 89 


Harry, 241, 379 


228, 233, 273, 340, 398 


Martha Ann, 88 


Henry, 141, 223, 325 


Anna, 26 


Mary, 89 


Hercules, 136, 140, 199, 


Betsy (Mrs.), 95 


Michael, 88 


295 


Clarissa, 10 


Peter, 97 


Isaac, 79, 91, 132, 371 


David, 50, 62, 163, 169, 


Phebe, 88, 440, 446 


Jacob, 191, 230, 245, 248, 


285, 327, 328, 336, 363 


Sarah, 88 


300, 317, 377, 379, 381 


Elisha, 373 


Sarah Emeline, 89 


James, 231. 248, 377 


Elizabeth, 7, 300, 369 


William, 87, 88, 93- 445 


John, 138, 145, 223, 235, 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 340 


William C, 89 


241, 248, 250, 266, 269, 


Esther, 10 


Lillie. 


272, 295, 355, 358, 377, 


Ichabod (Rev.), 48, 81, 


Elizabeth, 379 


395, 400, 408 


82, 97, 252, 275, 277, 


Linch. 


Katherine, 374 


325, 329, 332, 337, 339, 


Sarah, 45 


Leah, 193, 286, 317, 375, 


344, 345, 349 


Little. 


378 


Isaac, 7 


Archibald, 24, 34 


Lotta, 357, 380 


Jacob, 7 


Daniel, 7, 18 


Lottie, 317, 379 


James, 4, 7, 10, 19. 25, 


Eleanor, 131, 373 


Margaret (Mrs.), 138 


38, 51, 56 


Elizabeth, 325 


Mary, 96, 372 


John (Capt), 6, 7, 11, 


James, 9, 24, 37, 43. 47. 


Mary (Mrs.), 132 


27, 30, 32, 64, 65, 71, 


49, 259 


Patty, 252, 377, 382 


73, 97, ii4. 138, 152, 


John, 24 


Peggy, 380 


163, 180 


Joseph, 24 


Rachel, 191, 211, 230, 


John, Jr., 26 


Mary, 158, 374 


243, 375. 377 


Joseph, 7, 320 


Sarah (Mrs.), 24 


Rachel (Mrs.), 317 


Nathan, 414 


Timothy, 24 


Samuel, 141 


Rosetta, 95, 340, 380 


Livingston. 


Sarah, 75, 230, 377, 384 


Samuel (Rev.), 3, 6, 7 


Gilbert, 429 


Susanna, 148, 374 


Sarah, 6 


Joanna, 428, 429 


Tobias, 378 


Sylva, 383 


Robert, 429 


Udolphus, 141 


Thomas, 234, 285, 303 


Lobdell. 


Uriah, 141 


William, 7, 214, 264, 376 


Mary E., 444 


William, 131, 141, 149, 


Libbey. 


William, 444 


374 


Elizabeth, 436 


Lockard. 


Winchy (Mrs.), 90, 141 


John (Capt.), 436 


Mary, 185 


Leonard. 


LlCKLEY, LlCKLY, Or 


Locke. 


(Rev.), 326 


Likely. 


Phebe, 63 


Le Roy. 


Abraham, 88 


Lockwood. 


Charles, 411 


Absalom, 88 


Anna, 383 



542 



Unfcei 



LOCKWOOD. 

Austin Smith, 387 

Elizabeth, 387, 392, 407 

Israel, 277, 278, 298, 326, 
38> 

Jehial, 387 

"Judge," 238 

Lydia, 383 

Mary, 185, 375, 387 

Peggy, 387 

Phebe, 387 

Rebecca, 387 

Sarah, 387 

Tamer, 381 
Loder. 

Abigail, 296, 378 

Anna, 249, 377 

Hannah (Mrs.), 292 

Joseph, 383 
Long. 

Robert, 396, 408 

Ruth, 402, 409 

Sylvia, 396. 408 

LOOCKERMAN. 

Govert, 425 

LORANCE. 

Peggy, 373 

LOTHROP. 

John (Rev.), 144 

LOUNSBURY. 

Benjamin, 271 

Daniel, 384 

Deborah, 211 

Hannah, 211 

Henry, 94, 271, 272, 378 

Isaac, 211 

James, 385, 405, 409 

John, 95, 201, 2ii, 376, 

383 
Joshua, 211, 384 
Mary, 214, 416 
Robert, 211, 243, 377 
Sally (Mrs.), 309 
Samuel, 211 
Sarah, 211 
Thomas, 211 
Low. 

Catharine J., 422 
John, 422 
William, 21 

LUDDINGTON. 

Henry (Col.), 134, 160, 
192, 241, 419 



Lyon. 
Betty, 197 
Elizabeth, 376 
James Jackson, 202 
Jemima, 190, 375 
Phebe, 232, 377 
Samuel (Major), 214 
Sarah, 147, 374 
Thomas, 418 

McCabe. 

James, 443 

Matthew, 178, 375 
McCall. 

Ephraim, 225 
McClennon. 

John, 385 
McClure. 

George Welles, 416 
McCord. 

Anna Ryder (Mrs.), 323 

Jemima, 84 

Maria (Mrs.), 62 
McCoy. 

Benjamin, 387 

Camack, 387 

Daniel, 387 

David, 387, 388 

Hannah, 387 

James, 387 

John, 310, 379 

Katharine, 319, 379, 407 
McCuen. 

Robert, 383 
McDonald. 

John A., 443 

Mary, 219 

Moses, 147, 374 
McDowell. 

Christopher, 443 

Eliza, 443 

Jane, 443 

Martha, 443 

Mary, 443 

Mary (Mrs.), 34 
McFarden. 

Abner, 387 

Elizabeth, 387 

Gabriel, 83, 84, 129, 147, 
158, 183 

John, 386 

Mary, 134, 374 

Nathaniel, 386 

543 



McFarden. 

Peggy, 253, 377 

Phebe, 392, 407 

Sarah, 386 

Stephen, 386 

Susanna, 327, 379 
McFarland. 

Eugene, 18, 369 

William, 225 
McIlvaine. 

Edward Shippen, 447 

Margaret Shippen, 447 
McLaughlin. 

Abigail, 37 
McLean. 

John, 406 
McManners, or Mc- 
Manus. 

Benjamin, 29, 370 

John, 10 
McNiece. 

John (Rev.), 333, 334 
Malcolm. 

James, 382 
Males. 

Martha (Mrs.), 89 

Mary (Mrs.), 90 
Mandeville. 

Anne, 229 

Cornelius, 229, 257 

David, 229 

Hannah, 229, 257 

J-, 85 

Jacob, 178, 415 

James, 207, 217, 229, 230 

John, 216, 229, 230 

Martha, 229 

Nathan, 229 

Rachel (Mrs.), 229 

Sarah, 156, 201, 415 

Susan (Mrs.), 292 
Mapes. 

Benjamin, 51, 52, 53 

Bethuel, 52 

Catharine, 52 

Daniel, 52 

David, 51, 52 

Edward, 52 

Enos, 57 

Erastus, 57 

Hannah, 52 

Henry, 52 

Jabez, 57 



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Mapes. 

James, 52 

James Jay, 57 

John, 52, S3 

Jonathan, 51, 52, 53, 57 

Lemuel, 52 

Lewis, 53 

Margaret, 53 

Martha (Mrs.), 45 

Mary, 52 

Mary (Mrs.), 57 

Mary Elizabeth, 57 

Samuel, 52, 57 

Selah, 57 

Seth, 57 

Silas Haines, 57 

Smith, 57 

Thomas, 51, 52, 57 

William, 52 
Marsh. 

Catherine, 293 

Daniel (Rev.), 74, 155, 
157, 160, 163, 164, 202, 
223, 233, 237, 285, 298 
Marshall. 

Ann, 379 

Caleb, 157, 374 

Jesse, 90, 372 

Mabel, 261, 378 

Mary Ann, 405, 409 

Peter, 264 

Silas, 260 
Marvin. 

Abigail, 5 

Anthony, 5 

Brewster, 18 

Daniel, 18, 34 

David, 34 

Eleanor, 395 

Elihu (Col.), 5, 6, 17, 

37, 43, 47, 55 
Elijah, 34 
Elizabeth, 5, 34 
Frances (Mrs.), 9 
Hannah, 5, 18, 34 
James, 5, 18, 34 
Jane (Mrs.), 18 
Jemima, 34 

Jesse, 17, 18, 27, 34, 369 
John, 5 

John Yelverton, 5 
Keziah, 5 
Mary, 34 



Marvin. 
Matthew, 5 
Nathan, 17, 34, 39, 53, 

55, 56 
Polly, 18 
Rachel, 34 
Robert, 68 
Samuel, 3, 4 
Seth (Capt), 5, 17, 35, 

43- 47, 49, 52, 55, 57 

Stephen, 34 

Susanna, 18 

Sylvia, 18 
Mason. 

John (Capt), 37 
Masters. 

William, 147, 374 
Mathews. 

Bridget, 21 

Bridget (Mrs.), 20 

Catalina, 20 

Catharine, 20, 21 

Catharine T. R., 433 

Catharine Van Cort- 
landt, 432 

David, 20 

Elizabeth, 21 

Fletcher, 20, 21 

Flora, 20 

Isabel Rutherford, 432 

James, 21 

John Rutherford (Rev.), 
432 

Juliana Strong, 21 

Mary, 21 

Nathaniel Strong, 21 

Peter (Col.), 20, 21 

Philip Van Cortlandt, 
432 

Sarah, 21 

Selah, 21 

Vincent, 20, 21 
Matthews. 

Rachel, 152, 374 
Maybe. 

Anna, 213, 376 

Jeremiah, 198, 247, 376, 
381 

John, 306, 379 

Martha, 373 
Mead. 

Alva, 116 

Amaziah, 146 

544 



Mead. 

Cadelia, 116 

D., 243 

Daniel, 198, 244, 253, 
272, 408 

David, 382 

Ebenezer, 4, 93, 98, 105, 
124, 146, 158, 163, 184, 
191 

Edward, 146, 210 

Elizabeth, 4, 376 

Emma, 405, 409 

Justus, 77, 219 

Mary (Mrs.), 146, 163 

Sally, 363 

Sarah, 381 

Selah, 158, 374 

Solomon (Rev.), 163, 
220 
Mearns. 

Melissa (Mrs.), 422 
Meeker. 

Benjamin, 30, 31, 57 
Meeks, or Mix. 

Anna, 389 

Catharine A., 322 

Cornelius, 389 

Davatha, 408 

Dorothy (Mrs.), 322 

Elizabeth, 322, 422 

George E., 322 

Hannah, 389 

Isaac, 322 

Jemima, 416 

John, 322 

Joseph K., 322 

Lewis R., 322 

Maria, 322 

Mary, 396, 408 

Mical, 396, 408 

Moses, 322, 389, 422 

Phebe, 322, 385 

Rachel, 88 

Richard C, 322 

Sarah, 389 

Walter, 389 

William, 389 
Mefore. 

Nellie, 185, 375 
Meguire. 

Daniel, 344, 380 
Me KEEL. 

Catharine, 115 



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Mekeel. 

Deborah, 208 

Jane, 88, 422 

John, 88, 420 

Josiah, 439 

Martha, 406 

Mary, 88 

Michael, 88, 115, 435 

Milche (Mrs.), 435 

Phebe, 170, 375, 441 

Sarah, 441 

Stephen, 88, 93 

Uriah, 439 
Merrick. 

(Capt), 251 

Jane, 407 

Mary, 407 

Sarah, 381 
Merritt. 

Albert, 389 

Daniel, 402, 408 

Hepzibah. 288, 378 

Louisa, 389 

Lydia Waters, 382 

Mary, 201, 204 

Priscilla, 216, 376 
Mertlen. 

Aeltje, 208 
Mervine. 

Nelly, 275 
Mical. 

Phany, 397 

MlKMAK. 

G. M., 446 
Miles. 

Jonathan, 339 
Miller. 

Abraham, 21 

Alexander, 18 

Andrew, 18, 376 

Anthony, 21 

Benjamin, 41 

Burger. 10 

Catharine, 10, 18, 43, 
369 

Charlotte, 360, 380 

Conrad 199 

Cornelia, 373 

Daniel, 21 

David, 18 

Elizabeth, 10, 21, 26, 271 

Elizabeth (Mrs.), 311, 
362 

35 



Miller. 
Else (Mrs.), 10 
Emolette, 385 
Esther, or Hester, 10. 

3ii, 379 
Ezra, 384 
Hannah, 349, 380, 396, 

408 
Henry, 10, 41, 217, 275, 

282, 283, 285, 287, 288. 

292, 350, 357, 396, 398, 

408 
Hiram, 381 
Israel, 21 
James, 9, 18, 21, 22, 39, 

41, 42, 44, 71 
Jane, 389 
Jesse, 41 
John, 18, 21, 25, 41, 118, 

288, 311, 378, 385 
Jonathan, 311, 362 
Justus, 311 
Lydia, 10, 43, 370 
Margaret, 10 
Maria, 388 
Marrite (Mrs.), 10 
Mary, 10, 21, 41, 214, 

311, 376 
Monmouth, 311, 362 
N., 41, 370 
Nancy, 21 
Peter, 41, 370 
Phebe, 21 
Philip, 21 
Rebecca, 41 
Sally, 21, 388 
Samuel, 10, 337 
Susan, 90, 372 
Susanna, 381 
Thomas, 335, 388 
William, 10, 18, 19, 21, 

38, 41, 43, 48, 54, 

370 
William, Jr., 24, 25, 26 
Zachariah, 21 
Zebud, 21 
Mills. 
Martha (Mrs.), 309 
Stephen, 185, 375 
Miln. 

John, 427 
Miner. 
Jehu. 398 

545 



MlNTHORNE. 

Hannah, 133 

Mangle, 133 
Mitchell. 

Chauncey R., no 

Martha, no 
Moffat. 

Eunice (Mrs.), 16 

Samuel, 30 

Thomas, 15, 20, 30, 37, 

4i, 44 
William, 16 
Montgomery. 
Abigail, 225 
Montross. 
Abigail, 227 
Abraham, 141, 227 
Adam, 362 

Barnardus, 384, 405, 408 
Belden (Mrs.), 377 
Charlotte, 227 
David, 262, 268, 309, 310 
Elizabeth (Mrs.), 309 
Gilbert, 291, 362, 378 
Harriet, 385 
Hester, 227 
Isaac, 227, 2>77 
Jacob (Capt.), 138, 150, 

268, 362, 377 
James, 143, 374 
John, 86, 206, 227, 248, 

272, 287, 288, 291, 304, 

362, 378 
Joseph, 268, 362, 272 
Katherine, 384 
Lavinia, 227 
Letitia, 227 
Nathaniel, 362 
Phebe (Mrs.), 362 
Polly, 362 
Sally, 362 
Sarah. 378, 405 
Sarah (Mrs.), 268 
Stephen, 107 
Theodorus, 227 
William, 227 
Winifred, 282, 362 
Wyntie, 353 
Moore. 
Clement Clark (LL.D.), 

43i 
Frances, 116 
John, 225 



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Morgan. 
Anna (Mrs.), 385 
Edmond, 190, 375 
Elijah, 164, 175, 241. 375 
Joseph, 137 

Morris. 
Gouverneur, 133 
Roger, 91, 95, 99, 417 

MOSER. 

Sarah, 279, 378 
Mosher. 

Hannah, 136 

Mary. 441 

Mary (Mrs.), 136 

Sarah, 136 
Mosley. 

Martha, 117, 373 
Mott. 

James, 410 
Mow. 

Sarah, 94, 340 
Mudge. 

Elizabeth, 218 

Moses, 218 
Munn. 

Mary, 6 
Munson. 

Huldah. 140 
Murrie. 

John, 2, 13 
Myrick. 

Samuel, 357 

Neely. 

Henry, 414 
Nelson. 
Absalom, 413. 422, 423, 

438 
Absalom D., 423 
Ann, 83, 415 
Anna, 415 
Anne, 417 

Anne (Mrs.), 411, 413 
Caleb (Capt.), 415, 416, 

421 
Catharine, 411, 415, 417, 

421, 438, 441 
Charity, 417 
Charles, 415 
Christiana, 415, 417 
Cornelius, 417, 419. 422 
Cornelius M., 416 
Cortez, 414 



Nelson. 
Daniel, 417 
David, 415 
Eli, 411, 412. 414, 422, 

438 
Elijah, 411, 412 
Elisha, 420 
Eliza, 204, 416. 422 
Elizabeth, 28, 343, 370, 

380, 415, 416, 421 
Elizabeth (Mrs.), 414 
Enoch, 412 
Esther, 412 
Esther (Mrs.), 438 
Esther Warren, 423 
Exana, 412 
Francis, 411, 413, 414, 

415, 417, 419 
Francis R., 413 
George, 415 
Gilbert, 415 
Glorianna, 412 
Hannah, 416, 420 
Hannah (Mrs.), 416 
Hendrica (Mrs.), 411 
Henry Green, 423 
Isaac, 21, 422 
Jacob, 201, 204, 416 
Jacob Kemble, 422 
Jacob M., 416 
James, 385, 421. 439 
James C, 420 
James Homer, 421 
James M., 201, 416 
Jane, 156, 416 
Jemima, 417 
John, 410, 411, 412, 414, 

415, 416, 422 
Joseph, 420 
Joshua, 73, 103, 156, 229, 

285, 322, 379, 415, 416 
Joshua (Major), 415 
Justus, 57, 120, 148, 333, 

415, 417, 419, 420. 421, 

440, 441 
Lucretia, 415, 417 
Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 

412 
Maria, 411 

Martha, 416, 420, 440 
Martha Ann, 423 
Mary, 134, 240. 412. 415, 

417, 421, 422 

546 



Nelson. 

Mary Ann, 414 
Mehitable, 411 
Mephiboseth, 415. 420, 

421 
Miriam (Mrs.), 415 
Nancy, 372 
Nicholas, 242, 420 
Oscar G., 423 
Phebe, 421 
Phebe (Mrs.), 416 
Phineas, 416 
Polycarpus, 410, 411, 

412, 413 
Rachel (Mrs.), 139 
Reuben, 413, 414 
Reuben R., 414 
Richard Henry (Rev.), 

415 

Roger, 415 

Ruth, 412 

Samuel, 381 

Samuel C, 416 

Sarah, 383, 415, 416, 420, 
421. 422, 423, 438, 440 

Sarah (Mrs.), 416 

Shadrach, 412 

Siber, 412 

Smith, 139 

Stephen, 415 

Susanna, 414, 416 

Susanna (Mrs.), 309 

Sylvanus, 421 

Theophilus, 415 

Thomas, 412, 415 

Thomas (Judge), 415 

Warren, 421 

William, 413. 415, 422, 
423, 438 

Zeba, 414 
New kirk. 

Fanny (Mrs.), 23 
Nichol, or Nicoll. 

Ephraim, 36, 49, 63, 67 

Margaret, 42 

Mary Summers. 267 

William, 42 
Nicholson. 

Thomas, 382 
Nickerson. 

Ephraim, 282 
Norris. 

Rachel de Forrest, 242 



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Norton. 


Ogden. 




Owen, or Owens. 


Rachel (Mrs.), 418 


Jacob, 431 




Jesse (Mrs.), 311 


NOSDALL. 


Moses, 292 




John, 387 


Samuel, 351 


Orsor. 




Jonathan, 347, 387, 




Jonas (Capt), 337 




395 


Oakley. 


Osborn, Osborne, or 


Os- 


Joseph, 173, 207, 220, 


Abraham, 258 


BURN. 




286, 324 


Arm, 258 


Benjamin, 253, 388 




Levi, 87 


Anna, 310 


Betsy, 379 




Mary, 386, 392, 407 


Cordelia, 258 


D., 149 




Mary (Mrs.), 192 


Damaris, 122, 386 


David, 255, 388 




Mobra, 22, 369 


Deborah, 385 


Deborah, 401, 408 




Peninah, 106 


Drusilla, 236 


Ebenezer, 78, 253, 


333, 


Sarah, 93, 186, 385 


Eleanor, 392 


379, 388 




Sarah (Mrs.), ^7 


Elizabeth, 258 


Elizabeth, 253, 301, 


302 


Solomon, 386 


Euphemia, 161 


Hannah, 78, 253, 302 


,382 


W., 230 


Gilbert, 128, 371, 392, 


Jacob, 122, 373 




Zephaniah, 192, 387 


407 


James, 253, 388 






Isaac J., 258 


Joseph, 253 264, 294 


302 


Palmer. 


James (Capt.), 192 


Katharine (Mrs.), 


122, 


Anne, 105, 373 


Jane, 258 


373 




Edmund, 207 


John, 284, 378, 379 


Martha (Mrs.), 


177, 


Henry, 125, 373 


Martha, 258 


231, 249, 253, 293 




Mary, 126, 373 


Nehemiah, 136, 248, 258, 


Ozias, 252, 253, 294, 


343. 


May, no 


378 


345, 347, 355, 377, 


388 


Nancy (Mrs.), 174 


Nehemiah (Mrs.*), 364 


Samuel, 170, 253, 


264, 


Robert, 174 


Samuel J., 258 


388 




Sarah, 107 


Sarah, 258 


Sarah, 253, 388 




William A., 202 


Sarah (Mrs.), 283 


Tracy, 253, 388 




Pardee. 


Stannard, 258 


W., 343 




Jeremiah F., 219 


Tabitha, 258 


William, 238 




Stephen, 416 


Theodosia, 258 


Outhouse. 




Parent. 


Thomas, 258 


Raner, 383 




Ame, 234, 277, 377 


William, 258 


Owen, or Owens. 




Isaiah, 381 


Oats. 


Abigail, 78, 371 




Parker. 


Phebe, 406 


Benjamin, 386 




Elizabeth, 405, 409 


Odell. 


Daniel, 200, 376 




Levina, 404, 409 


Charity, 134 


Deninah, 106 




Nicholas, 403, 409 


Gabriel, 442 


Elizabeth, 192, 350 




Olivia, 405, 409 


Hannah, 147 


Hugh, 192, 387 




Parks. 


Isaac, 92, 273, 300, 378 


Israel, 386 




Joseph, 439 


Jasper, 308 


James, 382, 387 




Parrot, or Perott. 


John, 343, 380 


Jane, 192, 342, 380, 


387, 


Ann, 312 


John (Col.), 207 


407 




Clarissa, 312 


Jonathan, 147 


Jesse, 61, in, 119, 


121, 


James, 245, 312, 379 


Maria, 385 


124, 132, 142, 148, 


158, 


John, 312 


Patty, 325 


160, 161, 166, 175, 


183, 


Patterson. 


Polly, 379 


192, 198, 204, 205, 


210, 


Matthews, 201 


Rachel, 405, 409 


213, 217, 222, 228, 


230, 


Paul. 


William, 317, 379 


231, 235, 237, 239, 


242, 


Joseph, 371 


Ogden. 


248, 250, 255, 258, 


288, 


Paulding. 


Catharine, 171, 429, 431 


297, 303, 342, 350, 


358, 


Abraham, 171, 172, 174 


Elizabeth, 289 


392, 394 




Alexander, 174 



547 



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Paulding. 


Pell. 


PlNCKXEY. 




Caleb, 173, 174 


Bathsheba. 193 


Alche, 157, 374 




Catharine, 171, 172, 174 


John. Sr.. 410 


PlXDAR. 




Elijah, 174 


Thomas, 410 


Mary, 443 




Elizabeth 171, 173 


Pelton. 


Pine. 




Euphemia, 172, 338, 380 


Benjamin (Capt.). 437 


John, 381 




Frederick, 174 


Sarah, 372 


Platt. 




George, 173 


Penoyer. 


Abigail, 64 




George Washington, 173, 


Robert, 410 


Ezekiel, 202 




174 


Perine. 


John, 64, 80, 84, 93. 


96 


Hannah A., 173 


Dinah, 70 


Obadiah, 64 




Henrietta, 171 


Peter, 69. 70 


Samuel, 217, 376 




Hiram, 173, 174. 245 


Sarah. 69 


Sarah, 118, 373 




Isaac, 173 


Perry. 


Plum stead. 




James, 173 


Benjamin. 389 


Melissa. 86 




James Kirk. 172, 174 


David, 389 


Polluck. 




Jane (Mrs.), 172, 174 


Edmond, 214, 376 


William. 86 




John, 171, 172, 173, 174, 


Edward Hyatt. 389 


Porter. 




245. 295, 375 


Frances. 74. 371 


Ambrose, 397 




John (Capt), 105, 114, 


Hannah, 396. 408 


Vitate, 408 




146, 149, 209 


Hannah (Mrs.), 65 


Post. 




John (Major), 140, 281, 


James, 286, 302 


Henry, 92, 256 




332 


John. 45 


Jacob, 317 




John, Jr., 174 


Nancy. 237. 377 


James, 382 




Joost, 171 


William, 389 


Lottie Lent (Mrs.), 


379 


Joseph, 171, 172, 173, 


Persall. 


Margaret. 215 




174, 261, 378 


Sabrana, 376 


Martin. 245, 371, 377 




Julia, 171 


Peterson. 


Phebe, 385 




Leonard, 174, 245 


Amy, 405. 409 


Potts. 




Margarita, 171 


Petton. 


Eleanor, 310, 379 




Maria. 171 


Sarah, 82, 372 


Powell. 




Maria (Mrs.), 174 


Peyster. 


Alice (Mrs.), 65 




Mary, 173 


A. D., Jr., 413 


John, 383 




Nancy, 173, 382 


Phelps. 


Nancy. 78, 149, 374 




Nathaniel, 172, 174 


Conrad. 103 


Prendle. 




Peter, 103, 171, 172, 174, 


Philips. 


James, 49, 370 




373 


Elizabeth (Mrs.). 63 


Prindle. 




Phebe. 173 


Philipse. 


David, 10, 49, 369 




Pierre Van Cortlandt, 


Frederick (Col), 426, 


Pros hal. 




174 


439. 444 


James, 52 




Samuel, 174 


Margaret, 274 


PUE. 




Sarah. 132. 173. 245, 


Maria (Mrs.), 439, 444 


Abraham, 109 




374 


Mary, 91 


Hendrick, 109 




Susanna, 172, 173. 374 


Pierce. 


Pugsley. 




William, 171. 172 


William, 410 


Samuel, 381 




William. Jr., 174 


PlERPONT. 


Pullen. 




Payne. 


Hannah, 167 


Anna, 251, 386 




Hannah (Mrs.), 45 


Joseph, 167 


Benjamin, 251, 315, 


379- 


Rachel (Mrs.), 45 


Pike. 


386 




Peck. 


John. 3 


David, 251, 327, 338, 


343. 


Benjamin, 167 


Pilgrim. 


365, 381, 386 




Pell. 


Mary, 7 


Elizabeth, 389, 398, 


400, 


Abby. 353 


Morris, 25 


407 





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PULLEN. 


Purdy. 




Reed. 


George, 251, 386 


Obadiah (Capt.), 64 


, 86, 


Abigail D., 442 


John, 90, 166, 235, 246, 


93, 95, 102, 107, 


112, 


Archer (Capt), 90, 95, 


254, 262, 265, 267, 291, 


114, 118, 123, 128, 


131, 


104, 108, 129, 135, 324, 


303, 349, 380 


154, 166, 168, 182, 


197, 


381, 392 


Lewis, 251 


198, 205, 211, 243, 


254, 


Elijah, 108 


Lydia, 396, 408 


256, 259, 269, 288, 


294, 


Elizabeth, 129, 387 


William, 251, 381, 386 


297, 303, 306, 307, 


319, 


Hannah Haight (Mrs.), 


Purdy. 


324, 326, 328, 333, 


351, 


440 


Abraham, 306, 307, 351, 


357, 391, 396. 397, 


398, 


Isaac, 108 


380, 386 


406, 516 




Jacob, 108, 142 


Alsop, 307 


Peggy, 386 




Jane (Mrs.), 108 


Alvan, 306, 307, 388, 396, 


Phebe, 256, 378 




John, 108 


397, 398, 399, 408 


Sarah, 404, 409 




Mary, 129, 387 


Andrew, 311, 379 


Smith, 386 




Miriam, 442 


Ann, 307 


William. 307 




Moses (Rev.), 242, 442 


C, 195 


Putney. 




Phebe, 108 


Charity, 133 


Jeremiah, 128, 383 




Robert, 108 


David, 307, 388 


Joshua, 65, 371 




Sarah, 387, 407, 415 


Deborah, 373 


Mary (Mrs.), 65 




Sarah (Mrs.), 108, 129 


Ebenezer. 58, 64, 67, 75, 


Samuel. 371 




Reeve. 


107, 181, 306, 339, 






Abner, 40 


381 


Quereau. 




Elijah, 23, 30, 56 


Elias, 383 


Anna, 186 




Elijah Conklin, 23 


Elizabeth, 151. 383, 386, 


Elias, 186 




Fanny, 23 


388 






Gabriel, 23 


Elizabeth Ann, 307 


Randolph. 




George Fox, 23 


Esther, 358 


Elizabeth. 107 




Mary (Mrs.), 23 


Ezra, 307 


Ransom. 




Reinhardt. 


Francis, 306, 307, 418 


Jacob, 378 




Amelia, 440 


Hannah, 392, 407 


John, 261 




Requa. 


Hannah (Mrs.), 154 


Raymond. 




Abraham, 389 


Howell, 307 


Abigail (Mrs.), 309 




Daniel, 69, 381 


Ithiel, 307, 358, 380, 386, 


Ada, 227 




Glode (Capt.), 172, 192 


408 


Amelia, 194 




Henrietta (Mrs.), 174 


James, 219, 307, 388 


Anna, 309 




Isaac, 171 


James H., 307 


Caroline Matilda, 199 


James, 371 


Jerusha, 306 


Charles D., 199 




Phebe, 398 


John, 307 


Clarissa, 309 




Reynolds. 


Jonathan, 306 


Elizabeth, 309 




Claudius, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 


Joseph, 306, 382, 386 


Esther, 309 




9, 10, 18, 34, 48, 55 


Joseph, Sr., 307 


George, 309 




David, 42 


Joseph, Jr., 307 


George W., 199 




Elizabeth, 4, 42 


Lydia, 396 


James, 227, 309 




Henry, 42 


Martha, 307 


Joshua, 309 




Hester Ann (Mrs.), 


Mary, 307, 383 


Martin, 309 




116 


Mary (Mrs.), 418 


Molly, 309 




James, 42 


Massy, 396, 397, 406 


Philetus, 199 




Joseph, 42 


Morse, 303 


Sally, 309 




Mary, 4 


Mical, 288, 378 


Samuel (Capt.), 42 




Mary (Mrs.), 4, 42 


Millicent, 140, 264, 386, 


Sarah Maria, 199 




Phebe, 373 


402, 409 


Susanna, 309 




Reuben, 42 


Nathaniel, 383, 386 


Uriah, 309 




Sarah, 42 






549 



Unfcei 



Reynor. 

Sylvanus, 264 
Rhodes. 

Phebe, 383 
Rich, or Riche. 

Ebenezer White, 386 

Henry, 131, 371 

Jacob, 190, 375 

John, 179, 212, 392, 406 

Joshua, 376 

Lydia, 392, 407 

Nancy, 387 
Richbell. 

John, 410 

RlCKETTS. 

Catharine, 432 

Mary Walton, 428, 429 

William, 429, 431 
Rider. 

John, 134, 374 

Sarah, 275, 378 
Riggs. 

Jacob, 252, 377 
Roach. 

Maud Loretta, 447 
Roake, or Roke. 

Elizabeth. 381 

Hannah, 155, 382 

Jane, 337 

John, 349, 356, 380 

Stephen Allen, 290 
Robinson. 

Beverly (Col.), 87, 241, 
274, 420 

Wheaton, 135 
Rockwell. 

John, 128, 373 

Nathan, 146 

Thaddeus, 69 
Roe. 

Edward Payson, 5 
Roebling. 

John Augustus, 447 

Paul, 447 

Siegfried, 447 

Washington Augustus 
(Col.), 446, 447 

Washington Augustus 
(Mrs.), 91 
Rogers. 

Absalom, 438 

Ananias, 167 

Ann, 436 



Rogers. 

Benjamin. 438 

Charity, 438 

Elijah, 438 

Elizabeth, 438 

Esther, 422, 437, 438 

James, 436 

John, 422, 436, 437, 
438 

Mary, 167, 438 

Richard, 410, 411, 435, 
438 

Sarah, 438 

Susanna, 438 

William, 436 
Romer. 

Annatie, 100 

Caroline, 322 

Catharine, 322 

Catrina, 100 

Charles, 337 

Elizabeth, 100, 322, 337, 
380, 393, 408 

Fammetje, 100 

Fanny, 322, 337 

Frena, 100 

Harriet, 322 

Henry, 100, 322, 337 

Hester, 322 

Jacob, 100, 322, 337 

James, 337 

James H., 89, 322 

John, 100 

Maria, 322, 337 

Maritie, 100 

Mary, 322 

Peter, 322, 337 

Sarah, 100, 322, 337 

Susan, 322 

Susan A., 337 

William. 337 

William J., 337 
Rose. 

Phebe, 18, 369 

ROSEL. 

John, 284 
Rowland. 

Smith, 414 
Rumsey. 

Elizabeth, 38 

James, 31, 370 

Mary, 24, 370 

Moses, 48 

550 



Rundle. 

Henry A.. 205 
Runyon. 

Hannah W., 86 

Rosannah M., 86 
Russel. 

Benjamin, 224 

John, 192 

Luke, 77 

Susan, 85 

Susanna, 406 

Thomas, 250 
Rutgers. 

Anthony, 411 

Catharine, 430 
Rut kill. 

Elizabeth Purdy (Mrs.), 
383 
Ruxor. 

Jane, 337 
Ryder. 

Abraham, 323 

Anna, 323 

Catharine (Mrs.), 132 

Cornelius, 323 

David, 432 

Dorothy, 323 

Jacob, 148, 323 

James, 323 

Jane, 323 

Jemima, 148 

Jeremiah Fowler, 323 

Jesse, 148 

John. 132, 323. 432 

Jonathan, 323 

Mathias, 323 

Reuben Fowler, 323 

Richard Griffen, 323 

Stephen, 323 
Rynders. 

Elizabeth, 430 

Joanna, 428 

Sackett. 
Deborah, 167 
Frances. 44 
Hannah, 167 
Hannah (Mrs.), 125, 

167 
James, 167 
Joseph, 167, 256, 297 
Nancy Jones (Mrs.), 

38i 



Inber 



Sackett. 

Nathaniel, 167 

Samuel, 83, 167 

Samuel (Rev.), 99, 167 
Sailes. 

Purdy, 423 
Sands. 

Betsy, 382 

Caleb, 60, 64, 102, 106, 
190, 199, 295 

David, 32 

John, 105, 106, 146, 

373 
Joseph, 106 
Othniel, 106, 217, 233, 

255- 265, 269, 273 
Patty, 217, 376 
Ruth, 65, 93, 372 
Samuel, 106, 147 
Thomas, 106 
Satterly. 
Abigail, 35 
Ann, 53 
Curtis, 35 
Cynthia, 35 
Elizabeth, 53 
Elizabeth (Mrs.), 259 
Elnathan, 53 
James, 35 
John, 35, 41 
Jonas, 53 
Joseph, 35 

July, 53 

Margaret (Mrs.), 53 
Mary, 35 
Nathaniel, 35 
Polly, 53 
Sally, 53 
Samuel 53, 304 
Theodosia (Mrs.), 35 
William, 35 
Sayre. 
Anne, 29 
Ebenezer, 34 
Elizabeth, 34 
Hannah, 34 
James, 24, 34, 35, 38, 39, 

45 
Job, 29, 34 
John, 19 
Mary, 34 
Susanna, 19, 34 
Susina (Mrs.), 37 



Sayre. 

T.,31 

Thomas, 34 
Schenck. 

Ann, 194 

Roelef Martense 
(Lieut.), 411 
Schot. 

Rebecca, 415 
Schuyler. 

Alida, 429 

Brandt (Capt.), 426, 427 

Catalina, 20 

Gertrude, 425, 427 

John (Col.), 428 

Philip (Maj.-Gen.), 428 

Philip Pieterse (Capt.), 
426, 427, 429 
Scofield. 

Cornelius, 442 
Scott. 

John (Capt.), 425 
Seaman. 

Eleanor (Mrs.), 104 

Sarah, 405, 409 
Searles. 

Sarah, 84, 335 

Thomas, 339, 444 
Sears. 

Francis, 34 

Mary (Mrs.), 294 
Secaly. 

William, 34 
Secor, or Secord. 

Daniel, 272 

Eleanor, 108, 273 

Elizabeth, 95, 250, 377 

Francis, 133 

Gilbert, 150, 374 

James, 220, 256, 376, 378 

Katharine (Mrs.), 381 

Mary, 407 

Oliver, 229 

Rebecca (Mrs.), 104 

Sarah, 381 
Seely. 

Abigail, 38 

Abigail (Mrs.). 37 

Bezael, 37 

Ebenezer, 11, 34, 37, 38 

Elizabeth, 37, 38 

Eunice (Mrs.), 37 

Hannah, 37 

551 



Seely. 
Henry, 37 
Israel, 37. 
James, 38 
Joanna, 37 
John, 26, 37, 38, 47, si, 

54, 71 
Jonas, 37 

Josiah, 24, 37, 38, 47 
Martha, 37 
Mary, 37 
Mercy, 37 
Nathaniel, 37 
Robert, 37 

Sarah, 37, 172, 261, 378 
Susanna, 34, 37 
Thaddeus, 37, 38 
William, 37, 40, 46 
Sellick. 
Elizabeth (Mrs.), 334, 

391 
Gould John, 101, 103, 

106, 124, 125, 137, 142, 

148, 176, 206, 228, 235, 

237, 268, 287, 321, 334. 

386 
Nathan, 386 
Silas, 386 
Stephen, 386 
Timothy, 386 
Zilpah Smith (Mrs.), 

384 
Serrine. 
Elisha, 173 
Lydia, 384 
Seward. 
John, 25 

Samuel Swazey, 25 
William Henry (Hon.). 

25, 54 
Seymour. 

Phebe, 384 

Sarah, 20 
Shamron. 

Sarah, 384 
Sharp. 

Hezekiah, 384 
Shear. 

Martin, 356 
Sheffield. 

Sarah, 382 
Sheldon. 

Joseph, 53, 370 



Unfcei 



Shepherd. 


Smith. 




Smith. 


Abigail (Mrs.), 370 


Hannah, 30, 65, 307, 


351, 


Sophia, 15, 406 


William, 37. 370 


355 




Tabitha, 42 


Sherred, or Sherwood. 


Hannah (Mrs.), 65 




Thomas, Jr., 43 


Anthony, 292 


Henry, 37 




Timothy, 4, 7, 10, 11, 


Elizabeth, 418 


Hopni, 54 




13, 15, 17, 18, 22, 


Israel, 61, 370 


Isaac, 78, 371 




25, 44, 49, 53, 71, 


James, 383, 385 


J., 8, 9 




120, 122 


John, 116, 179, 108 


Jabez, 213 




Uriah, 54 


Joseph, 129, 224, 442 


Jacob, 65, 174, 349, 


375 


Walter, 65, 249 


Lockwood (Mrs.), 370 


James. 43 




William. 65, 384 


Mary, 408 


Jane, 387 




Zeruish (Mrs.), 304 


Phebe, 322, 379 


Jemima (Mrs.), 62 




Zilpah, 65, 349, 380, 384 


Rebecca, 198, 376 


Job, 30 




Snook. 


Simmons. 


John, 43, 77, 80, Q9, 


116, 


Matthew, 417, 419 


Ame, 89, 372 


370 




Somers. 


Polly Burgdough 


Jonathan, 42 




Clara Lockwood, 447 


(Mrs.), 325, 379 


Joseph, 22, 56, 153, 


304 


Southard. 


SIMMS. 


Julia, 15, 54, 227 




Margaret (Mrs.), 139 


Edwardina, 446 


Juliana, 54 




Spock. 


Leslie Sanders, 422 


Juliet, 89 




Catharine, 322, 337 


SlMONSON. 


Julius, 54 




Emelia, 322, 379 


Sarah, 293 


Levinah (Mrs.), 219 


James, 322, 337 


Sine. 


Lois, 30 




John, 153, 150, 250, 322 


Mary, 377 


Margaret, 304, 385 




Hester, 322 


Skinner. 


Mary, 65, 371, 386 




Mary, 322, 406 


Cortlandt, 427 


Mary (Mrs.), 15, 65 




Mary (Mrs.), 153, 322 


Mary, 411, 414, 443 


Mary Ann, 443 




Sarah, 322 


William (Rev.), 427 


Mercy, 306 




Stephen, 100,322,337,380 


Slichtenhorst. 


Moses, 22 




Tamar, 322 


Brant Arentse, 427 


Nancy, 208, 376 




Spoor. 


Smedes. 


Nathaniel, 15, 25 




Derick. 226 


John, 7. 12 


Peggy, 304, 379 




Staats. 


Smith. 


Phebe, 15, 65, 215, 


357, 


Catalina. 428 


Abigail, 37, 177, 230, 


376, 386 




Susan, 389 


375 


Philip, 287 




William, 389 


Abraham, 263, 291. 296, 


Prudence, 357 




Stanley. 


339, 351, 357 


Rachel, 29, 54, 370 




Catharine, 115 


Alice, 65 


Ralph, 386 




David, 435 


Allen Blair, 357 


Rebecca, 54 




David (Dr.), 90, 115 


Ann, 65 


Richard, 153 




Elizabeth, 115 


Anne, 30, 94 


Rock, 43 




Joseph C, 115, 116 


Asel, 249, 377 


Samuel, 54, 384 




Nathaniel, 115, 116 


Austin, 43 


Sarah, 9, 28, 41, 54, 


357, 


Nathaniel (Dr.), 305, 


Caleb, 15 


370. 374 




379 


Claudius, 2, 54 


Sarah (Mrs.), 78, 280 


Richard Henry, 116 


David, 54 


Saxton, 357 




Sarah Ferris, 115 


Deborah, 65, 187, 375 


Silas, 65, 66, 93, 372 




Thomas P., 115, 116 


E., 67 


Solomon, 54, 77, 


123, 


William, 115 


Elizabeth, 15, 43 


132, 152, 166, 184, 


192, 


Steinbeck. 


Francis (Capt), 43 


215, 241, 243, 280, 


288, 


Mary. 93, 112, 273, 408 


Gerard, 349, 380 


290, 292, 298, 302, 


332, 


Philip, 408 


Guy, 54 


338, 341, 355. 370, 


406 


Silas, 388 



552 



Unbex 



Stella. 


Strang. 


Strang. 


Leiza, 389 


Charity, 307 


Nicholas, 62 


Hester, 389 


Charlotte, 62 


P., 214 


Stephens. 


Daniel, 67, 150, 275, 306, 


Phebe, 306 


Elizabeth, 308, 392, 407 


376, 378 


Sally Ann, 62 


James, 293 


Deborah. 103 


Samuel, 270, 300, 321, 378 


Jesse, 26 


Drusilla, 237, 393, 408 


Samuel (Dr.), 193, 252, 


John, 6, 7, 118 


Ebenezer, 267, 378 


265, 292, 310, 312 


Jonathan, 15, 49 


Elizabeth, 69, 95, 167, 


Samuel T., 62 


Joseph, 4, 15, 36 


211, 237, 247, 376, 388 


Sylvanus, 69, 237, 388 . 


Justus, 13, 15 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 61 


Thomas, 238, 247, 250, 


Mary, 15 


Emeline, 385 


255, 3ii, 330, 333, 362 


Rebecca, 15 


Francis, 150, 198, 284, 


Striker. 


Stevens. 


356, 393. 408 


Barnet, 226 


Adam, 15 


Gabriel, 317 


Peter, 226 


Amy, 15, 49 


Gilbert, 62 


Strong. 


David, 15 


Gilpin, 132 


Bela, 226 


Ebenezer, 36 


Hannah, 237, 380, 388 


Hannah, 21 


Dorothy, 14 


Henry (Capt.), 68, 77, 


Mary, 26 


Elisha, 15 


89, 95, 114, 116, 164, 


Ruth (Mrs.), 9 


Stevenson. 


168, 174, 176, 186, 196, 


Samuel, 44 


Anne, 430, 432 


199, 209, 215, 236, 247, 


Selah, 21 


John. 432 


252, 256, 260, 262, 266, 


Stuart. 


Stewart. 


273, 286, 290, 297, 304, 


Andrew, 44 


James, 37 


310, 356 


Cornelia, 384 


Silas, 37 


Hester, 311 


Marila, 371 


Stidwell. 


James, 237, 378 


Nathan, 371 


John, 103 


Jane, 381 


Surrene. 


Stillwell. 


Jemima, 62, 295 


Nathaniel, 436 


John, 66 


Jerusha, 237, 388 


Sutherlin. 


Stitson. 


John, 62, 114, 208, 216, 


Jane, 382 


Gideon, 158, 374 


236, 237, 265, 286, 288, 


Sutton. 


Stiver. 


324, 325 


Abby, 234 


Jeremiah, 32, 370 


John, Jr., 388 


Abigail, 282, 291, 378, 383 


Joshua, 379, 383 


John Hazard, 307 


Andrew, 233, 234, 353 


Robert, 116 


Joshua, 198, 376 


Caleb Haight, no 


Stocker. 


Joseph (Maj.), 62, 77, 


David, 10 


Rachel, 159, 186, 375 


84, 92, 96, 102, 103, 


Edward, 217, 234, 376 


Stoothoof. 


113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 


Fanny, 282 


Elbert Elbertse (Capt.), 


121, 125, 130, 131, 137, 


Jacob, 234 


411 


157, 174, 179, 195, 212, 


James, 356 


Storm. 


230, 238, 239, 240, 243, 


John, 234, 283, 383 


Elizabeth, 100 


244, 245, 279, 295, 311 


John Pell, 282, 311 


Samuel, 423 


Joseph, Jr., 115 


Katharine, 233, 377 


Stowers. 


Julietta, 311 


Mary, 234, 282, 354, 380 


Deborah, 417, 418 


Kate, 388 


Pell, 353- 357, 360, 361 


Nicholas, 417 


Katharine, 381 


Phana, 282, 378 


Walter, 417 


Laner (Mrs.), 132 


Phebe, 282 


Strang. 


Margaret, 398, 400, 406 


Polly, 282 


Albert, no 


Maria, 62 


Sarah, 163, 375 


Anna (Mrs.), 279 


Martha, 307, 386 


Sophia, in, 373 


Anna H., 69 


Mary, 237, 311 


Winifred, 408 


Catharine, 237 


Nathaniel, 356 


Winifred (Mrs.), 291 



553 



Iln&ei 



/ 



Swam. 

Nancy, 177, 375 

Rachel, 121, 373 
Swan. 

Caroline Room, 205 

SWARTWOUT. 

Hester, 362 
Swim. 
Miriam, 241, 420, 442 

Tallmadge. 

Benjamin, 108 
Tanner. 

Joseph, 199, 376 
Tator. 

W., 179 
Taylor. 

Augustus, 199, 295, 
376 

Augustus C, 141 

Benjamin, 197, 233 

Catharine (Clinton), 430 

Catharine (Mrs.), 432 

Catharine Van Cort- 
landt, 431 

Hannah, 185, 375 

James, 318, 362 

John (Capt.), 432 

Mary, 407 

William, 431 
Teed. 

Sarah, 423 
Teller. 

Andries, 425 

Daniel, 65, 349. 380, 396, 
408 

Harrison, 389 

James, 389 

John, 389 

Joshua, 389 

Julia Ann, 385 

Julian, 389 

Martha, 385 

Smith, 389 

William, 425 

Zilpah, 408 

Zilpah (Mrs.), 65 
Ten n ant. 

William (Rev.), 341 
Terrill. 

Elijah, 363 

J-, 26, 138 

Josiah, 189, 323 



Terrill. 

Mary, 54, 370 

Peter, 213 
Terry. 

Mary. 52, 57 

Uriah, 52 
Thomas. 

Cornelius, 436 

Eleanor, 436 

Isaac, 325, 379 

Margaret, 42 

Maria, 93 

Thomas, 133 
Thompson. 

James (Col.), 108, 118, 
248, 249, 250, 292, 
321 

Mary, 415 

Sarah (Mrs.), 248 
Thorne. 

Amy, 162 

Daniel, 185, 375 

Hannah (Mrs.), 162 

James, 162 

Jerusha, 162 

Joseph, 51, 56, 58 

John, 162 

Justice, 376 

Phebe, 190, 375, 396, 
408 

Sarah, 162 

Thomas, 60, 61, 117, 162, 
217 

Wright, 335, 380 
Thorp. 

Sarah, 32, 370 
Tice. 

Catharine (Mrs.), 90 
Tidd. 

Aner, 373 

Elizabeth, 382 

Hannah, 363, 381 

Sarah, 173 
Tippetts. 

George. 144 

Mehitable (Mrs.), 144 
Titter. 

Hester, 382 
Titus. 

Elizabeth, 64 

John, 207, 332 

Samuel, 67, 371 

William, 257 

554 



Todd. 

Henry M., 423 

Joseph, 51 
Tompkins. 

Abigail, 91 

Absalom, 331 

Ananias, 91 

Anne, 133, 292 

Armstrong, 86 

Benjamin, 331 

Betsy, 331 

Bonnet, 331 

Caleb, 133, 292 

Catharine (Mrs.), 240, 
268 

Charles, 86 

Charles S., 293 

Cornelius, 61, 86, 91 

Cornelius, Jr., 134 

Cornelius J., 91 

Daniel D., 133, 240, 292, 

293 
Dorothy, 133 
Eli C, 159 
Elias, 159, 292 
Elijah, 133 
Eliza, 292 
Elizabeth, 91, 134, 240, 

385, 292, 293 
Ellen, 416 
Enoch, 133 
Fanny, 86, 292, 293, 

331 
Frances, 292 
George, 248, 292 
George C, 292, 293 
George Washington, 91, 

133, 268 
Gilbert, 268, 378 
Hannah, 91, 292, 382 
Henry, 292 
Ira G, 86 
Isaac, 331 
Isaac Bradon, 293 
Jacob, 331 
James, 382 
James S., 293 
Jane, 218, 240, 376 
Jane E., 307 
Jerusha, 86 
John, 86, 133, 268, 293, 

331 
John (Dr.), 89 



flnbei 



Tompkins. 

Jonathan Griffin (Hon.), 
133, 138, 192, 201, 292, 
352 

Jones, 91 

Joshua, 127, 133, 292 

Katharine, 200, 383 

Lucretia Ann, 293 

Margaret, 86 

Margaret (Mrs.), 86 

Maria, 86 

Mary, 91, 292, 331 

Mary (Mrs.), 240 

Moses, 331 

Nancy, 292 

Nathaniel, 91, 134, 197, 
209, 218, 240, 282, 292, 
315, 332, 346 

Nehemiah, 86, 372 

Peggy, 381 

Peter, 103, 331, 373 

Phebe, 133, 240 

Phebe (Mrs.), 292 

Polly, 91, 383 

Rachel, 292 

Reuben, 240 

Robert, 86 

Ruth, 331 

Samuel, 91, 268 

Sarah, 91, 133 

Sarah Ann, 292 

Seaman G., 86 

Susan, 91, 292 

Susan M., 293 

Susanna (Mrs.), 91 

Sylvanus, 102, 130, 292 

Thomas, 240, 292, 381 

William, 292 
Topping. 

Jerusha, 43 
Totten. 

Suke, 80, 372 

TOWNLEY. 

Ann I., 267 

Janet D., 267 

John (Rev.), 121, 122, 
124, 125, 126, 192, 195, 
204, 211, 216, 223, 227, 
233. 237, 244, 251, 254, 
267, 275, 284, 291, 293, 
297, 303, 307, 312, 321, 
324, 325, 329, 339, 340, 
343. 345, 349, 361, 378 



TOWNLEY. 

John T. W., 267 

Lydia (Mrs.), 267 
Townsend. 

William H., 444 
Travis. 

Absalom, 219, 376 

Aletta (Mrs.), 258 

Ananias, 374 

Augusta, 230 

Betsy, 381, 382 

Catharine, 230 

David, 60, 78, 94, 196, 

218, 219, 220, 223, 230, 
258, 266, 380 

Davis, 378 

" Deacon," 62, 67, 72, 81, 
83, 85, 86, 98, 102, 112, 
113, 114, 116, 117. 118, 
124, 125, 143, 154, 188, 
242, 272, 283, 350, 357 

Elias W., 230 

Elizabeth, 220, 393, 408 

Ely, 382 

Esther, 214, 376 

Gilbert, 191, 202, 220, 
230, 252, 279, 280, 302, 
375, 406 

Gilbert, Jr., 230, 377 

Hannah (Mrs.), 220 

Isaac, 219 

Jacob, 314, 317 

James, 230 

James B. (Capt.), 281 

Jane O., 281 

Jemima, 161, 375, 393, 
407 

Jesse, 177, 220, 375 

Joanna, 406 

John, 174, 230, 258, 281, 
290, 362, 378, 381 

John L., 281 

Jonathan, 61, 65, 179, 
183, 187, 196, 197, 198, 
210, 235, 248, 253, 269, 
270, 272, 293, 371. 375 

Joseph, 108,112,114,119, 
155, 160, 187, 196, 197, 
220, 281, 286, 287, 294, 
301, 326, 2,37, 376, 414 

Joseph H., 281 

Joshua, 161, 184, 215, 

219, 379 

555 



Travis. 

Lavinia, 169 

Moses, 359, 380 

Nancy, 292 

Phany, 196, 376 

Phebe, 230, 281, 384 

Phebe (Mrs.), 230 

Rachel, 213, 376 

Rebecca A., 281 

Robert, 180, 261, 383 

Sarah, 185, 269, 375, 
.378 

Simeon, 292 

Stephen, 242 

Susan, 174, 281 

Susanna, 230, 371 

William, 230 
Tredwell. 

Eliza, 404, 409 
Trowbridge. 

Clarissa (Mrs.), 309 

William, 242 
Truesdale, or Truesdell. 

Jesse (Maj.), 64, 66, 

324 

Jonathan, 66 
Tubbs. 

Libbeus, 21 
Tucker. 

Jonah, 50 

Mary, 54 
Turner. 

Catharine, 421 

Nathan, ill, 373 

Sarah, 152, 374 

Sarah Lent (Mrs.), 384 
Turtle. 

John, 132 

Nancy (Mrs.), 132 

TUTHILL, Or TUTTLE. 

Alice (Mrs.), 33 
Ann, 33 

Benjamin, 33, 47 
Daniel, 33 
Elizabeth, 33 
Freegift, 33 
Henry, 33 
James, 33 
Jesse, 33 
Job, 33 
John, 26, 33 
Jonathan (Capt.), 11 
Joshua, 33 



Infcei 



TUTHILL, Or TUTTLE. 

Juliana, 33 
Leonard, 40 
Matilda, 381 
Mercy, 33 
Ruth, 33 
Seeley, 384 
Susanna, 33 
Tweed. 
Isaac. Jr., 228 

UlTENBOGERT. 

Gysbert, 171 
Jan, 171 
Underhill. 
Barbara, 441 
Deborah, 220, 376 
Elizabeth, 123 
Esther, 227 
John, 123 
Mary Purdy (Mrs.), 

383 

Nathaniel, 123 
Underwood. 

Esther, 227, 377 
Utter. 

Thomas, 89 

Vail. 

Abraham, 29 

Anna, 195, 375 

Asa, 28. 47, 49 

Benjamin, 29 

Daniel, 29 

Eliza Ann (Mrs.), 57 

Elizabeth, 230, 377 

Eton J., 29 

Hannah, 29, 128, 373 

Ira, 29 

Irene, 29 

Isaac, 236, 377 

John, 128 

Josiah, 29 

Lidda, 362, 380 

Phebe, 103, 373 

Samuel, 29 

Sarah, 29 

Tamer, 212, 376 

William, 29 
Valentine. 

Betsy, 299, 379 

Deborah (Mrs.), 136 



Valentine. 

James. 383 

Mathias, 249, 377 

Nancy Depew (Mrs.), 
382 
Van Boerum. 

Gerrtje Williams, 109 

William Jacobs, 109 
Van Buren. 

Cortlandt, 86 
Van Cortlandt. 

Abraham, 428 

Anne, 151. 427 

Anne De Peyster, 430 • 

Anne Stevenson. 433 

Arthur Auchmoty. 431 

August, 426 

Beauregard, 432 

Catharine, 425, 427, 430, 

431 
Catharine (Mrs.), 424 
Catharine Theresa Ro- 

meyn, 432 
Charlotte, 431 
Cornelia, 426, 428, 430 
Daniel, 432 
Eliza, 431 
Elizabeth, 427, 430, 431, 

432 
Emeline, 385 
George W., 432 
Gertrude, 427, 428, 430, 

431 
Gilbert, 430 
Gysbert, 427 
Henry Clinton, 431 
Hester, 430, 431 
Ida, 432 

Jacob Ogden, 431 
Jacobus, 426 
James, 430, 431, 432 
James Stevenson, 433 
Joanna, 428, 431 
Johannes, 425, 427 
John, 425, 428, 429, 430, 

43 1 , 432 
Joseph, 432 
Josephine, 432 
Julia, 432 
Margaret, 427 
Margaret Hughes, 431 
Margaretta, 430 
Maria, 425, 427 

556 



Van Cortlandt. 
Maria Walton, 431 
Mary, 432 
Mary Ricketts, 431 
Nicholas Bayard, 430 
Oliver, 430, 487 
Olofr Stevenson, 424 
Oscar, 432 
Pierre (Col.), 243, 307, 

432 
Pierre (Gen.), 112, 429 
Pierre (Gov.), 124. 127, 

146, 183, 270, 328 
Pierre (Maj.-Gen.. 

LL.D.), 432 
Pierre, Jr., 432 
Philip, 427, 428, 429, 431, 

432, 433 
- Philip (Col.). 59, 428 
Rachel, 432 
Romeyn Beck, 433 
Samuel, 428 
Sarah, 429, 432 
Sophia, 425, 431 
Stella, 432 

Stephanus, 61, 425, 428 
Stephanus (Col.), 426 
Stephen, 424, 425, 428, 

429, 430, 431, 432 
Theodoric Romeyn, 433 
William, 432 
William Ricketts, 429, 

431 
Vandervelt. 

Sarah, 384 
Vander Vliet. 

Dirch Jansen, 411 

Dirck, 411 

Henrica, 410, 422 
Vandervort. 

Michael, 217, 376 
Van Doesburg. 

Hendrick Hendrickson. 
218 
Vanduzen. 

Leonard, 382 
Van Dyke. 

Matthew, 341 
Van Nosdall. 

Margaret Johnson, 380 
Van Rensselaer. 

James (Maj.), 430 

Jeremias (Col.), 425 



Unfcei 



Van Rensselaer. 


Vickory. 




Wardwell. 


Johannes, 428 


John, 27 




John, 91 


John, 430 


Vincent. 




Warfield. 


John Baptist, 425 


Sarah, 438 




John 157, 374 


Killian, 425 


Voack. 




Waring. 


Philip S., 430 


Abba C, 382 




Edmund, 434 


Van Schaick. 


Vosse. 




Ephraim, 224 


Anna Maria, 427 


David, 382 




John, 434 


Goosen Gerritse (Capt.), 


Vought. 




Michael, 434 


427 


Jane, 353 




Richard, 434 


Van Slichtenhorst. 


John Christian, 282. 


353, 


Warren. 


Margaret, 427 


379, 380 




Admiral, 443 


Van Tassel. 


Joseph, 82 




Alexander, 446 


Abraham, 90 


Mahala, 353 




Angevine, 440 


Catharine, 90 


Pell Sutton, 3S3 




Ann (Mrs.), 438 


Cornelius, 100 


Polly (Mrs.), 282 




Arthur, 434 


Dalla, 89, 302, 407 






Athalinda, 436 


Esther, 92 


Wakeman. 




Betsy Jane, 443 


Henry, 91, 93 


Damaris, 292, 407 




Beverly, 436, 441 


John, 89, 407 


Waldron. 




Caroline, 441 


Leah, 100 


Margaret, 138, 157, 


374 


Catharine Eliza, 441 


Maritie, 109 


Walters. 




Charles Young, 444 


Martha, 89 


Jemima, 374 




Christiana, 436 


Mary, 90 , 


Walton. 




Cornelius (Hon.), 439 


Rebecca (Mrs.), 89 


Mary, 429 




440, 442, 444, 446 


Winchy, 90 


William, 224 




Cornelius John, 443 


Van Vorhees. 


Ward. 




Daniel, 435, 439, 441 


Peter, 310, 379 


Abigail, 245 




Ebenezer, 434 


Van Wart. 


Benjamin, 245 




Edgar Hayes, 447 


Isaac, 108 


Caleb, 57, 70, 173, 


213, 


Edgar Washburn, 446, 


Van Wyck. 


244, 245, 291, 308, 


312, 


447 


Abraham, 430 


377 




Eleanor Amanda, 436 


Jacob, 181 


Daniel, 383 




Eliakim, 434 


Sarah, 406 


Esther, 171, 173, 


245, 


Elijah, 440, 441 


Sarah (Mrs.), 181 


375 




Elisha Nelson, 441 


Susanna (Mrs.), 297 


John, 245 




Eliza, 436, 444, 446 ' 


Susanna Haight (Mrs.), 


Jonathan, 207 




Eliza Ann, 442 


379 


Joshua, 200 




Elizabeth, 435, 438, 


Theodore, 181 


Mary, 245, 312 




442 


William, 181 


Mary (Mrs.), 245 




Emily, 446, 447 


Varian. 


Polly, 379 




Ephraim, 434 


Deborah, 133 


Reuben, 382 




Esther, 441, 442 


Varnum. 


Sarah, 385 




Esther (Mrs.), 422 


Doctor, 104 


Walter, 69, 73, 78 


83, 


Fanny Susan, 442 


Vermilya. 


86, 90, 93, 101, 


104, 


Frederick P., 444 


Edmond, 272 


106, 112, 117, 125, 


131, 


Georgiana, 447 


Edward, 247 


135, 140, 148, 152, 


153, 


Gouverneur Kemble 


Hannah, 420 


170, 174, 178, 191, 


203, 


(Maj.-Gen.), 446, 448 


Mehitable, 407 


209, 233, 249. 254, 


260, 


Hannah Jane, 442 


Verplanck. 


265, 272, 286, 312 




Hannah M., 443 


Philip, 427 


Wardell. 




Harry J., 443 


Verveelen. 


Eliakim, 211 




Helen Barrows, 447 


Hester, 422, 437 


Lydia, 211, 384 




Henrietta, 436 



557 



Ilnfcei 



Warren. 




Warren. 


Weeks. 


Henry, 439, 440, 


44i» 


Sarah Jane, 443 


Lydia, 251, 315, 379 


444 




Sarah M., 443 


Naomi (Mrs.), 227 


Isaac, 439, 442 




Stephen, 435 


Phebe, 302 


Isaac D., 443 




Susan, 440, 441 


Polly (Mrs.), 45 


Isaiah C, 436 




Susanna, 439 


Richard, 177, 375 


Jacob, 434 




Susanett, 442 


Robert, 205, 226, 377 


James, 436, 442 




Sylvanus, 88, 436, 439, 


Robert (Dr.), 233, 276 


Jane, 441 




440, 444, 445 


Sarah (Mrs.), 162 


Jeremiah, 436 




Sylvanus Benjamin, 443 


Stephen, 148, 374 


Jerusha (Mrs.), 437 




Sylvanus D., 439 


Susan, 227 


John, 125, 417, 421, 


434, 


Sylvester, 442 


Welles. 


435, 436. 437, 438, 


439, 


Theodore, 440 


Benjamin (Dr.), 203, 


440, 443, 444, 446 




Thomas, 440, 441 


416 


John (Capt.), 420, 430. 


Virginia Georgiana, 447 


Deborah (Mrs.), 16 


John (Dr.), 440 




William Edward, 447 


Henry (Hon.), 416 


John Peter, 441 




William John, 421, 


Mehitable, 33 


John Pindar, 443 




446 


William, ^3 


John S., 440, 441 




Washburn. 


Westcoat, or Westcott. 


Joseph, 440 




Phebe, 441 


Abigail, 288 


Joseph (Gen.), 434 




Samuel, 442 


Elizabeth, 223, 292, 377 


Justus, 438, 441 




Waterman. 


John, 92 


Katharine, 442 




John, 169, 375 


Richard, 288 


Lilian, 447 




Waters. 


Wet more. 


Louisa, 436 




Henry, 423 


James, 419 


Lucy, 440 




Lydia, 382 


Wheeler. 


Margaret, 436 




Thomas, 21 


Thomas, 144 


Margaret Fowler, 443 


Watkins. 


White. 


Maria Ann. 436 




Hezekiah (Rev.), 55 


Aurilia, 408 


Martha, 443 




Wattles. 


Barton (Dr.), 194 


Martha E., 444 




Captain, 200 


Catharine, 193, 389 


Mary, 88, 440 




Way. 


Constant, 389 


Nancy, 442 




John, 13 


Ebenezer (Dr.), 56, 62, 


Nelson, 440 




Webb. 


70, 77, 84, 85, 94, 98, 


Patty Jane, 443 




Phebe, 391, 406 


101, 103, 114, 117, 121, 


Peter, 420, 434, 


435, 


Ruth Ann, 293 


126, 142, 151, 168, 174, 


436, 437, 438, 439, 


441, 


W., 159 


177, 189, 192, 194, 196, 


444 




William, 407 


201, 207, 214, 215, 235, 


Peter S., 440, 441 




Webster. 


250, 253, 272, 277, 279, 


Phebe, 440, 441, 444 




Noah, 54 


280, 290, 298, 304, 309, 


Philip Simms, 447 




Wedan. 


326, 344, 350, 353- 38o, 


Polly, 440, 443 




Elizabeth, 94, 372 


392, 398, 407 


Richard, 434 




Weeks. 


Elizabeth, 109 


Robert Parrot, 446, 


447 


Benjamin, 162 


Eunice, 40 


Sally Maria, 441 




Chauncey, 227 


Helena, 389 


Samuel, 422, 434, 


437, 


Chauncey R., 227 


Helena (Mrs.), 278 


438, 440, 442 




David, 337 


Henry (Dr.), 194, 382, 


Samuel M., 443 




Edward, 227 


401, 402, 408 


Samuel Nelson, 441 




Elizabeth (Mrs.), 128 


James, 186, 194, 387 


Sarah, 438, 446 




Emily, 227 


Joseph, 384 


Sarah (Mrs.), 435 




James, 170, 227, 375 


Katy, 270, 378 


Sarah Ann, 442 




Joseph, 302 


Lewis, 194, 400, 402, 403. 


Sarah Elizabeth, 446 




Lewis, 407 


408 



558 



Unfcei 



White. 
Mary, 389 
Nathan Herrick, 40 
Peter, 28, 370 
Phebe, 40, 44 
Philena, 405, 409 
Susanna, 171, 172, 174 
Sylvanus, 12, 44, 47, 51 
Sylvanus (Rev.), 193 
Sylvanus, Jr., 40 
Theodocius, 194, 386 

Whiting. 
Rebecca, 217, 376 

Whitney. 
Abijah, 95, 201, 235, 

251 
Amos, 95, 340, 380, 392, 

399, 407 

Amy, 340, 388. 405, 
409 

Anna, 402, 408 

David, 340, 388 

Eliza, 95, 389, 405, 409 

Ezra, 95 

Jane, 383 

Lewis, 340, 388 

Mary, 78, 94, 95. 155. 
374 

Millicent, 383, 396, 408 

Nathan, 95, 435 

Peggy Ann, 389 

Phebe, 290, 378, 384, 
401, 408 

Rosetta, 396, 408 

Sarah, 95, 251, 280, 298, 
339, 351, 381, 384, 396, 
408 

Sarah (Mrs.), 94 

Sarah Jane, 340 

Seth, 62, 68, 75, 78, 83, 
86, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 
114, 123, 130, 145, 147, 
156, 200, 211, 247, 280, 
287, 290, 298, 312, 340, 
357, 372, 376, 396, 398, 
408 

Seth, Jr., 388 

Silas, 94, 340, 388 

Ward, 220 
Wildey. 

Ann, 165 

Caleb, 208 

Cornelia, 208 



Wildey. 

Elizabeth, 208 
Griffin, 208 
Jacob, 208 
Joseph, 208 
Nencia Ann, 208 
Sarah, 208 

Thomas, 65, 208, 376, 
384 

WlLDMAN. 

" Captain," 189 

WlLEMAN. 

Elizabeth, 20 
Wiley. 

Jacob, 384 

Julia Ann, 385 

Juliana, 201 

Katherine, 383 
Wilkes, Wilkie, or 
Wilks. 

Anna (Mrs.), 31 

Catharine, 31 

Elizabeth, 31 

Henrietta, 31 

James, 31 

John, 31 

Jonathan, 31 

Lawrence, 31 

Mary, 31 

Nancy, 31 

Richard, 4, 17, 28, 31 

Richard L., 31 

Zachariah, 31 
Wilkins. 

Stephen, 219 
Willett. 

Sarah, 44 

Thomas, 425 

Thomas (Col.), 44 
Williams. 

Daniel (Capt), 230 

Delila, 381 

Gilbert, 219 

Gilbert, Jr., 415 

Henry A., 21 

Jonas, 69 

Molly (Mrs.), 309 

Rachel, 267 

Rhoda, 11 

Sarah, 349, 380 

Stephen, 435 
Williamson. 

Sophia, 69 

559 



Willis. 

N. P., 5 
Wilson. 

Daniel, 224 

James, 224 

S. C, 230 
Wiron, or Wixon. 

Joseph, 45, 370 
Wisenfelts. 

Mary, 147, 374 
Wood. 

Abner, 16 

Ariant (Mrs.), 16 

Daniel, 16 

Deborah, 16 

Elizabeth, 16 

Esther (Mrs.), 54 

Isaac, 16 

Jesse, 16 

John, 43, 55, 122 

Katharine, 248, 377 

Sarah, 16 

William Alexander, 447 
Woodhull. 

Abigail (Mrs.), 9 

Ebenezer, 9, 51 

Fletcher, 9 

Hannah, 21, 300, 379 

Isaac, 143 

Jerusha, 9 

Jesse Smith, 41 

Juliana, 21 

Nathaniel, 9, 21, 41 

Phebe, 9 

Richard, 9 

Sarah, 9, 21, 41, 42, 370 

Thomas M., 9 
Woods. 

Josephine (Mrs.), 174 

William, 174 
Woodward. 

John, 52 
Woolsencroft. 

Charles, 382 

WOOLSEY. 

Daniel, 147 

Dorcas, 68, 274 

George, 147 

John, 86, 126, 127, 129, 

393, 406 
Jonathan, 147 
Joseph, 147, 151, 165. 

179, 188, 228, 229 



Unfcei 



WOOLSEY. 


Wright. 


Wright. 


Martha, 147 


Emelia. 389 


Polly Drake (Mrs.), 


Mary, 147 


Enos, 324, 379 


384 


Mary (Mrs.), 147 


Esther, 372 


Rachel, 372 


Miriam, 324, 379 


Esther (Mrs.), 264 


Robert, 68, 116, 192, 198, 


Phebe, 147 


Fanny, 372 


247, 272, 377 


Rebecca, 245 


George, 441 


Ruth (Mrs.), 372 


Richard, 147 


Gloriana, 372 


Sarah, 264, 372, 415 


Ruth (Mrs.), 147 


Hannah, 241, 372, 388, 


Simeon, 339 


Sarah, 147, 207, 376 


418, 419, 442 


Simon, 339, 380 


Thomas, 147 


Isaac, 441 


Solomon, 356, 380, 381 


Wright. 


Jacob, 372 


Viny, 388 


Aaron, 78, 389 


James, 84, 264, 339, 372, 


William, 356, 358 


Abijah, 264 


383 




Abraham. 74, 115, 127, 


Joanna, 247, 272, 378 


Yelverton. 


205, 253, 264, 207, 299, 


Joel, 389 


Abigail, 5 


301, 345, 443 


Joseph, 264 


John, 5 


Abraham, Jr., 99, 264 


Joseph Fowler, 339 


Youngs. 


Baldwin, 356 


Macajah, 95, 97, 120, 372 


Abigail (Mrs.), 16 


Benjamin, 78, 134, 140, 


Martha, 140, 253, 264, 


Abimal, 9, 38 


161, 264, 272. 361, 375, 


294, 374 


Birdsey, 38, 46 


404, 408 


Mary, 125, 198, 247, 339, 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 38 


Benjamin, Jr.. 396 


373- 376 


Eunice, 16, 38 


Betsy, 388 


Mary Ann (Mrs.), 148 


Henry (Capt.), 16, 38, 


Charles, 441 


Mary Emeline, 356 


52, 370 


Daniel (Capt.), 214, 372, 


Millicent, 78, 120, 214, 


Hiram, 38 


419 


264, 372, 273, 389. 392, 


James, 356 


David, 264, 389 


407 


Juliana, 38 


David Beadle, 389 


Nancy, 388 


Marcy, 9 


Ebenezer, 78, 389 


Nathaniel. 388, 395, 399. 


Mary, 9 


Elisha Cromwell, 356 


408 


Oliver, 38 


Eliza, 339, 389 


Nathaniel (Capt), 398 


Phebe, 9, 24 


Elizabeth, 94, 264, 356, 


Phebe, 195, 372, 375 


Reuben, 8, 18, 20, 24 


372, 406 


Philo, 389 


Ruth (Mrs.), 38 


Elizabeth (Mrs.), 78 


Polly, 388 


Selah, 38 



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terleaved between pages 436 and 437) 


Barrett. 


Jaartvelt. 


Schaets. 


Abraham 


Anneke 


Aletta 


Elizabeth (Mrs.) 


Jones. 


Gideon (Rev.) 


John 


Ebenezer 


Mathias Bartholomius 


Martha 


Jane 


Sherwood. 


Samuel 




Elizabeth 


Bell. 


Laurens. 


Skinner. 


Elizabeth 


Mary 


Mary 


Peter 


le Comte. 


Stowers. 


Betts. 


Jean 


Deborah 


Alice (Mrs.) 


le Maistre. 


Walter 


Hannah 


Glaude 




William 
Budd. 
Nicholas 


Hester 
Lickley. 
John 


Vander Vliet. 

Dirck Janse 

Hendrica 
Verveelen. 

Daniel 


Phebe (Mrs.) 


Phebe 
William 


DE GRAAF. 






Hans 
Hester 


Moses 


Mekeel. 


Susanna 
Desmullie. 


Stephen 
Moriaens. 


Johannes 


Jeanne 


Agnetie 




Du Bois. 




Warren. 


Hester 


Nelson. 


Alexander 

Cornelius 

Edgar Washburn 

Eliza 

Emily 


Pierre 

Elkhout. 
Anna 


Absalom 

Anne (Mrs.) 

Francis 

John 

Justus 

Sarah 




Gouverneur Kemble 


Gerretse. 


John (Capt.) 


Geertje 


Robert Parrot 






Samuel 


Haigiit. 


Oliviers. 


Sarah 


John 


Catharine 


Sarah Elizabeth 


Joseph 




Sylvanus 


Mary 


Purdy. 


William John 


Sarah (Mrs.) 


Francis 


Wibaut. 


HOYT. 


Francis (Mrs.) 


Catherine 


John 




Jacques 


Mary (Mrs.) 


Rogers. 


Wright. 


Ruth (Mrs.) 


Esther 


Daniel (Capt.) 


Simon 


John 


Hannah 



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